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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

  • ἔκγονον κακὸν πατέρα καταρᾶται, τὴν δὲ μητέρα οὐκ εὐλογεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:37)
  • ἔκγονον κακὸν δίκαιον ἑαυτὸν κρίνει. τὴν δ̓ ἔξοδον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπένιψεν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:38)
  • ἔκγονον κακὸν ὑψηλοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἔχει, τοῖσ δὲ βλεφάροισ αὐτοῦ ἐπαίρεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:39)
  • ἔκγονον κακὸν μαχαίρασ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ ἔχει καὶ τὰσ μύλασ τομίδασ, ὥστε ἀναλίσκειν καὶ κατεσθίειν τοὺσ ταπεινοὺσ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ τοὺσ πένητασ αὐτῶν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν . Ταῦτα δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν τοῖσ σοφοῖσ ἐπιγινώσκειν. αἰδεῖσθαι πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει οὐ καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:40)
  • βόασέ τ’ Ἐρίβοια χαλκο‐ θώρακα Πανδίονοσ ἔκγονον· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 1:5)

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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