Ἐπίγονος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.ɡo.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɡo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/
Proper noun
Ἐπίγονος • (Epígonos) m (genitive Ἐπῐγόνου); second declension
- One (a member) of the Epigoni (the Ἐπίγονοι), the legendary sons of the Argive heroes of the first Theban War, who as legend has it, were themselves prosecutors of the second Theban War.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐπίγονος ho Epígonos |
τὼ Ἐπιγόνω tṑ Epigónō |
οἱ Ἐπίγονοι hoi Epígonoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐπιγόνου toû Epigónou |
τοῖν Ἐπιγόνοιν toîn Epigónoin |
τῶν Ἐπιγόνων tôn Epigónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐπιγόνῳ tôi Epigónōi |
τοῖν Ἐπιγόνοιν toîn Epigónoin |
τοῖς Ἐπιγόνοις toîs Epigónois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐπίγονον tòn Epígonon |
τὼ Ἐπιγόνω tṑ Epigónō |
τοὺς Ἐπιγόνους toùs Epigónous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐπίγονε Epígone |
Ἐπιγόνω Epigónō |
Ἐπίγονοι Epígonoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009