ἔγγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν (en) +‎ γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.ɡo.nos/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/

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

Noun

ἔγγονος • (éngonos) m (genitive ἐγγόνου); second declension

1. grandson

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔγγονος; τοῦ ἐγγόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔγγονος ho éngonos	τὼ ἐγγόνω tṑ engónō	οἱ ἔγγονοι hoi éngonoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγγόνου toû engónou	τοῖν ἐγγόνοιν toîn engónoin	τῶν ἐγγόνων tôn engónōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγγόνῳ tôi engónōi	τοῖν ἐγγόνοιν toîn engónoin	τοῖς ἐγγόνοις toîs engónois
Accusative	τὸν ἔγγονον tòn éngonon	τὼ ἐγγόνω tṑ engónō	τοὺς ἐγγόνους toùs engónous
Vocative	ἔγγονε éngone	ἐγγόνω engónō	ἔγγονοι éngonoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔγγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔγγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔγγονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἔγγονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette