Ἐπίγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
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