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ἔκγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκγονος ἔκγονον

Structure: ἐκγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kgi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born of, sprung from
  2. a child, son or daughter, descendants, offspring

Examples

  • Αἰγείδη Θησεῦ, Πιτθηί̈δοσ ἔκγονε κούρησ, πολλαῖσ τοι πολίεσσι πατὴρ ἐμὸσ ἐγκατέθηκε τέρματα καὶ κλωστῆρασ ἐν ὑμετέρῳ πτολιέθρῳ. (Plutarch, chapter 24 5:1)
  • ἑσπερίοισ μέγα χάρμα καὶ ἠῴοισ περάτεσσι, Καῖσαρ, ἀνικάτων ἔκγονε Ῥωμυλιδῶν, αἰθερίην γένεσιν σέο μέλπομεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ βωμοῖσ γηθοσύνουσ λοιβὰσ σπένδομεν ἀθανάτοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2351)
  • ἔκγονε Μιλήτου, τρίποδοσ πέρι Φοῖβον ἐρωτᾷσ; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. QALHS 7:4)
  • ἔκγονε Μιλήτου, τρίποδοσ πέρι Φοῖβον ἐρωτᾷσ; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. QALHS 12:4)
  • ἔκγονε Μιλήτου, τρίποδοσ πέρι Φοῖβον ἐρωτᾷσ; (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 3 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. born of

  2. a child

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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