Hellas Alive Dictionary - εκγονος

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ἔκγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκγονος ἔκγονον

Structure: ἐκγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kgi/gnomai

Sense

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

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	έ̓κγονος	έ̓κγονον
	Genitive	ἐκγόνου	ἐκγόνου
	Dative	ἐκγόνῳ	ἐκγόνῳ
	Accusative	έ̓κγονον	έ̓κγονον
	Vocative	έ̓κγονε	έ̓κγονον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐκγόνω	ἐκγόνω
Dual	G/D	ἐκγόνοιν	ἐκγόνοιν
Plural	Nominative	έ̓κγονοι	έ̓κγονα
	Genitive	ἐκγόνων	ἐκγόνων
	Dative	ἐκγόνοις	ἐκγόνοις
	Accusative	ἐκγόνους	έ̓κγονα
	Vocative	έ̓κγονοι	έ̓κγονα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	έ̓κγονος ἐκγόνου	ἐκγονώτερος ἐκγονωτέρου	ἐκγονώτατος ἐκγονωτάτου
Adverb	ἐκγόνως	ἐκγονώτερον	ἐκγονώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

Ἔκγονοι δ’ ἀν’ Ἑλλάδα κληθέντεσ ᾠδὰσ ὑστέροισι θήσετε· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:14)
‐ σοί νιν ἔκγονοι κτίσαν καὶ διώνυμοι θεαί, Περσέφασσα καὶ φίλα Δαμάτηρ θεά, πάντων ἄνασσα, πάντων δὲ Γᾶ τροφόσ, κτήσαντο ‐ πέμπε πυρφόρουσ θεάσ, ἄμυνε τᾷδε γᾷ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, epode3)
ἐνθυμεῖσθε τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, τῆσ προνοίασ ταύτησ καὶ τῶν ἔργων ἀξίωσ, καὶ μὴ ἐπιλανθάνεσθε ἐν τῇ ψήφῳ οἱών ἀνδρῶν ἔκγονοί ἐστε, ἀλλὰ παρακελεύεσθε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ, ὅπωσ ὅμοια ἐκείνοισ καὶ ἀκόλουθα ἐν τῇ τήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ἐψηφισμένοι ἐκ τοῦ δικαστηρίου ἐξίητε. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 176:1)
"ἥδ’ ἐστὶν ἡ σπείρουσα καὶ διδοῦσ’ ἔρον, οὗ πάντεσ ἐσμὲν οἱ κατὰ χθόν’ ἔκγονοι. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 13 2:10)
ἐθέλοντι δὲ Παμφύλου καὶ μὰν Ἡρακλειδᾶν ἔκγονοι ὄχθαισ ὕπο Ταϋγέτου ναίοντεσ αἰεὶ μένειν τεθμοῖσιν ἐν Αἰγιμιοῦ Δωριεῖσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 1 22:2)

Synonyms

born of
- αἰθρηγενής (born in ether, sprung from ether)
- ἀνεκτέος (to be borne)
- ἀνεκτός (to be borne)
- βαστακτός (to be borne)
- βοηγενής (born of an ox)
- οἰστέος (to be borne)
- ὀρνιθόγονος (sprung from a bird)
a child
- ἀπόγονος (born or descended from, descendants, offspring)

εὔτεκνος (blest with children)
νοθεία (birth out of wedlock)
ἔγγονος (a grandson)
ἀγαθοποιός (doing good)
παιδογονία (a begetting of children)
ἀγχιστεία (nearness of kin)
Ἐρεχθεῖδαι ()
γηροβοσκός (feeding or tending in old age)
κλητέος (to be called)
παραδόσιμος (handed down)
κληρονόμος (one who receives a portion)
ἐντάφιος (of or used in burial)
ὑιδοῦς (a grandson)
ἐφέστιος (at one's own fireside)
ἔπηλυς (one who comes to)
μακαριστός (deemed or to be deemed happy)
ῥύσιος (delivering)
ῥύσιον (that which is dragged away)
εἰσποιητός (adopted)
ἕδνον (a wedding-gift)
φιλοχρήματος (loving money)
γεννητής (a parent)
συνέστιος (sharing one's hearth or house)
μετουσία (participation)
φιλοδέσποτος (loving one's lord or master)
ὁμωρόφιος (lodging under the same roof with)
νεμεσητικός (disposed to just indignation)
ἀκτέος (one must lead)
δοτήρ (a giver)
φιλότεκνος (loving one's children or offspring)

Similar forms

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

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ἔκγονος

Sense

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born of

a child

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ἔκγονος

Sense

Declension

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born of

a child

Related

Similar forms

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