LOGOI

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ἔγγονος

eggonos · ὁ

grandson, grand-daughter, descendant

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Where it lives

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What it meant — LSJ

grandson, grand-daughter

grandson, D.H. 6.37, etc.: ἐγγόνη, ἡ, grand-daughter, IGRom. 4.882 (Themisonium), Artem. 4.69, Lyd. Mag. 2.1; also ἔγγονος, ἡ, Plu. Per. 3.

2 descendant, issue

simply, = ἔκγονος, descendant, Pl. R. 364e, D. 19.48,54, etc.; ἔκγ- is v.l. in ll.cc., and may be right in Arist. Pol. 1335a13, cf. ib. b30; τὰ ἔγγονα issue, Inscr.Cos 36a4, PFreib. 10.8, etc.; of animals, Ph. 2.396, al.; Ἔρως πυρὸς ἔγγονε APl. 16.212 (Alph.).

3 productive

productive, κακίας, μνήμης, Callistr. Stat. 10. [ἔγγ- may represent ἔκγ- (q.v.), both forms are found in Att. Inscrr. up to ca. 300 B.C.; ἔγγ- is rare in Hellenistic Greek, OGI 49.12 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 124.25, 33 (ii B. C.); but more freq. later; ἐνγ- is written in SIG 333.25 (Samos, iv B. C.), dub. in CIG 3185 (Smyrna).]

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Where it came from

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