Ἐπίγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.ɡo.nos/ → /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/ → /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.ɡo.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɡo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣo.nos/

Proper noun

Ἐπίγονος • (Epígonos) m (genitive Ἐπῐγόνου); second declension

1. 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

Second declension of ὁ Ἐπίγονος; τοῦ Ἐπιγόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Επίγονος (Epígonos)
  • plural: Επίγονοι (Epígonoi)
• → Latin: Epigonus (plural Epigonī)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009