Ἐπίγονος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἐπίγονος (epígonos, offspring, descendant).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἐπίγονος (Epígonosm (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

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Επίγονος (Epígonos)
  • Latin: Epigonus (plural Epigonī)

Further reading

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