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ἐπίγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγονος ἐπίγονον

Structure: ἐπιγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pigi/gnomai

Sense

born besides, offspring, posterity, a breed
the afterborn
the Successors

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπίγονος	ἐπίγονον
	Genitive	ἐπιγόνου	ἐπιγόνου
	Dative	ἐπιγόνῳ	ἐπιγόνῳ
	Accusative	ἐπίγονον	ἐπίγονον
	Vocative	ἐπίγονε	ἐπίγονον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπιγόνω	ἐπιγόνω
Dual	G/D	ἐπιγόνοιν	ἐπιγόνοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

ὁπότ’ ἀπ’ Ἄργεοσ ἤλυθον δευτέραν ὁδὸν Ἐπίγονοι. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 8 12:1)
μετὰ δὲ ἔτη δέκα οἱ τῶν ἀπολομένων παῖδεσ, κληθέντεσ ἐπίγονοι, στρατεύειν ἐπὶ Θήβασ προῃροῦντο, τὸν τῶν πατέρων θάνατον τιμωρήσασθαι βουλόμενοι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 7 2:1)
τοὺσ δὲ ἄλλουσ παῖδασ, οἷσ ἂν πλείουσ ἑνὸσ γίγνωνται, θηλείασ τε ἐκδόσθαι κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον, ἄρρενάσ τε, οἷσ ἂν τῆσ γενέσεωσ ἐλλείπῃ τῶν πολιτῶν, τούτοισ ὑεῖσ διανέμειν, κατὰ χάριν μὲν μάλιστα, ἐὰν δέ τισιν ἐλλείπωσιν χάριτεσ, ἢ πλείουσ ἐπίγονοι γίγνωνται θήλεισ ἤ τινεσ ἄρρενεσ ἑκάστων, ἢ καὶ τοὐναντίον ὅταν ἐλάττουσ ὦσιν, παίδων ἀφορίασ γενομένησ, πάντων τούτων ἀρχὴν ἣν ἂν θώμεθα μεγίστην καὶ τιμιωτάτην, αὕτη σκεψαμένη τί χρὴ χρῆσθαι τοῖσ περιγενομένοισ ἢ τοῖσ ἐλλείπουσι, ποριζέτω μηχανὴν ὅτι μάλιστα ὅπωσ αἱ πεντακισχίλιαι καὶ τετταράκοντα οἰκήσεισ ἀεὶ μόνον ἔσονται. (Plato, Laws, book 5 99:1)
οἱ δὲ τούτων παῖδεσ, ἐπίγονοι δ’ ὀνομασθέντεσ, τὸν τῶν πατέρων θάνατον ἐπεξιόντεσ ἔγνωσαν στρατεύειν κοινῇ ἐπὶ τὰσ Θήβασ, λαβόντεσ χρησμὸν παρ’ Ἀπόλλωνοσ πολεμεῖν τὴν προειρημένην πόλιν στρατηγὸν ἔχοντασ Ἀλκμαίωνα τὸν Ἀμφιαράου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 66 1:2)
ἔπειθ’ οἱ μὲν ἐπίγονοι τὴν πόλιν ἑλόντεσ διήρπασαν, καὶ τῆσ Τειρεσίου θυγατρὸσ Δάφνησ ἐγκρατεῖσ γενόμενοι ταύτην ἀνέθεσαν εἰσ Δελφοὺσ κατά τινα εὐχὴν ἀκροθίνιον τῷ θεῷ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 66 5:3)

Synonyms

the Successors
- ἔφεδρος (a successor)

φλεγύης (fiery red)
Ἔλυμος (one of the Elymi)
αὐτόχθων (sprung from the land itself)
Ἀνακτόριος (an inhabitant of Anactorium)
δεκαέτηρος (ten-yearly)
Ἰλιακός (Ilian)
Ποτιδαιάτης (an inhabitant of Potidaea)
ἠπειρωτικός (continental)
Ἀμφικτυονία (the Amphictyonic League)
πενταέτηρος (five years old)
αὐτόχθονος (country and all)
λόγιμος (worth mention)
ἀζάνω (to dry)
τετράρχης (a tetrarch)
ἐφορεία (the ephoralty)
Θεσπρωτός (an inhabitant of Thesprotia)
Ἡράκλειδαι (the Heraclidae or descendants of Hercules)
κτίστης (a founder)
Ὀπικοί (the Opici)
διώνυμος (with two names)
δυναστεύω (to hold power or lordship)
Ἀχαρναί (Acharnae)
φλέγρα (Phlegra)
ἀλέξω (I keep off)
ξουθός (yellowish)
νεάπολις (a new city)
Φωκικός (Phocian)
Δωριεύς (a Dorian)
Κάρπαθος (Carpathus)
λιθόλευστος (stoned with stones)

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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the Successors

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Sense

Declension

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the Successors

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