πρωτόγονος

From πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring”).

πρωτόγονος • (prōtógonos) m or f (neuter πρωτόγονον); second declension or
πρωτόγονος • (prōtógonos) m (feminine πρωτόγονη, neuter πρωτόγονον); first/second declension

1. first-born, first-created
2. high-born
3. first-ordained

Two-ending adjective:

Three-ending adjective:

• Greek: πρωτόγονος (protógonos)
• → English: protogenos

• “πρωτόγονος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρωτόγονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρωτόγονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρωτόγονος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πρωτόγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρωτόγονος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

From Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos). By surface analysis, πρωτό- (protó-, “first”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈtoɣonos/
• Hyphenation: πρω‧τό‧γο‧νος

πρωτόγονος • (protógonos) m (feminine πρωτόγονη, neuter πρωτόγονο)

1. primitive, savage, barbaric
2. uncivilised, uncultivated
3. (as a noun) savage, primitive person