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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

Παρθενοπαίου δὲ Πρόμαχοσ ἐγένετο, ὃσ μετὰ τῶν ἐπιγόνων ἐπὶ Θήβασ ἐστρατεύθη, Μηκιστέωσ δὲ Εὐρύαλοσ, ὃσ ἧκεν εἰσ Τροίαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 13:2)
ἐπειδὰν δὲ ἐκτραφῇ καὶ ἀξιοεργοὶ οἱ νεοττοὶ γένωνται, ἀποικίζει αὐτοὺσ σὺν τῶν ἐπιγόνων τινὶ ἡγεμόνι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 35:2)
πρώτου μὲν, ὅσα κἀμὲ εἰδέναι, τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν ἀρχαιολογίαν ἐπιδραμόντοσ Ιἑρωνόμου τοῦ Καρδιανοῦ συγγραφέωσ ἐν τῇ περὶ τῶν ἐπιγόνων πραγματείᾳ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 6 1:1)
οἱ δὲ ὡσ ὑπερορώμενοί τε ἤδη πρὸσ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ ἀχρεῖοι πάντῃ ἐσ τὰ πολέμια νομιζόμενοι οὐκ ἀλόγωσ αὖ τῷ λόγῳ ἠχθέσθησαν τῷ πρὸσ Ἀλεξάνδρου λεχθέντι, κατὰ τὴν στρατιὰν ταύτην πᾶσαν πολλοῖσ καὶ ἄλλοισ ἀχθεσθέντεσ, ὅτι πολλάκισ ἤδη ἐλύπει αὐτοὺσ ἥ τε ἐσθὴσ ἡ Περσικὴ ἐσ τοῦτο φέρουσα καὶ τῶν Ἐπιγόνων τῶν βαρβάρων ἡ ἐσ τὰ Μακεδονικὰ ἤθη κόσμησισ καὶ ἀνάμιξισ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἱππέων ἐσ τὰσ τῶν ἑταίρων τάξεισ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 8 2:2)
ἑξῆσ δὲ τῶν ἀπογόνων τούτου βασιλευόντων καὶ τῆσ ὅλησ χώρασ ἤδη Βοιωτίασ καλουμένησ ἀπὸ Βοιωτοῦ τοῦ Μελανίππησ μὲν καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ υἱοῦ, δυναστεύσαντοσ δὲ τῶν τόπων, τὸ τρίτον ἐκπίπτουσιν οἱ Θηβαῖοι τῶν ἐξ Ἄργουσ ἐπιγόνων ἐκπολιορκησάντων τὴν πόλιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 53 6:1)

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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