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ἐπίγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγονος ἐπίγονον

Structure: ἐπιγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pigi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born besides, offspring, posterity, a breed
  2. the afterborn
  3. the Successors

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίγονος ἐπίγονον
Genitive ἐπιγόνου ἐπιγόνου
Dative ἐπιγόνῳ ἐπιγόνῳ
Accusative ἐπίγονον ἐπίγονον
Vocative ἐπίγονε ἐπίγονον
DualN/A/V ἐπιγόνω ἐπιγόνω
G/D ἐπιγόνοιν ἐπιγόνοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίγονοι ἐπίγονα
Genitive ἐπιγόνων ἐπιγόνων
Dative ἐπιγόνοις ἐπιγόνοις
Accusative ἐπιγόνους ἐπίγονα
Vocative ἐπίγονοι ἐπίγονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίγονος ἐπιγόνου ἐπιγονώτερος ἐπιγονωτέρου ἐπιγονώτατος ἐπιγονωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιγόνως ἐπιγονώτερον ἐπιγονώτατα

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

  • Φιλόχοροσ δ’ ἐν γ’ Ἀτθίδοσ Λύσανδροσ, φησίν, ὁ Σικυώνιοσ κιθαριστὴσ πρῶτοσ μετέστησε τὴν ψιλοκιθαριστικήν, μακροὺσ τοὺσ τόνουσ ἐντείνασ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν εὐόγκον ποιήσασ, καὶ τὴν ἔναυλον κιθάρισιν πρῶτοι οἱ περὶ Ἐπίγονον ἐχρήσαντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:28)
  • ἐκ δὲ Χίου τοὺσ βασιλικοὺσ αὐτὸσ ἐξήλασε, Κολοφωνίουσ δ’ ἠλευθέρωσε συλλαβὼν Ἐπίγονον τὸν τύραννον αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 3 3:2)
  • δι’ Ἐπίγονόν γ’ ἐκεῖνον· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 4:45)

Synonyms

  1. the Successors

Related

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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