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

διελθόντων δὲ ἐτῶν ἱκανῶν, ὅτε ἔδοξε τῷ Θεῷ, ἀποσταλεὶσ Νεεμίασ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ τῆσ Περσίδοσ τοὺσ ἐκγόνουσ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν ἀποκρυψάντων ἔπεμψεν ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ. ὡσ δὲ διεσάφησαν ἡμῖν μὴ εὑρηκέναι πῦρ, ἀλλὰ ὕδωρ παχύ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 1:20)
καὶ τοὺσ ἐκγόνουσ δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ Θήβασ σὺν Πολυνείκει στρατευσάντων ἑλεῖν τὰσ Θήβασ πειθομένουσ τεράεσσι θεῶν καὶ Ζηνὸσ ἀρωγῇ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 2:1)
οἰκτρὰ γὰρ πεπόνθαμεν ‐ οἴκτιρε δῆτα σούσ γε φύντασ ἐκγόνουσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 3:2)
ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶσ μὴ καταβληθῇ γένουσ ὀρθῶσ, ἀνάγκη δυστυχεῖν τοὺσ ἐκγόνουσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:4)
ὦ θύγατερ, ἄξι’ ἀξίων γεννητόρων ἤθη φυλάσσεισ, κοὐ καταισχύνασ’ ἔχεισ τοὺσ σοὺσ παλαιούσ, ἐκγόνουσ αὐτόχθονασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode5)

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

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born of

a child

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Sense

Declension

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born of

a child

Related

Similar forms

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