ἔκγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκγίγνομαι (ekgígnomai) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éɡ.ɡo.nos/ → /ˈeɡ.ɣo.nos/ → /ˈeɡ.ɣo.nos/

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

Noun

ἔκγονος • (ékgonos) m (genitive ἐκγόνου); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic)

1. child
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.813:

     οὐ σύ γ’ ἔπειτα
     Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι δαΐφρονος Οἰνεΐδαο.

     ou sú g’ épeita
     Tudéos ékgonós essi daḯphronos Oineḯdao.

     So you aren't the son of Tydeus, son of warlike Oeneus

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.236:

     ἣ φάτο Σαλμωνῆος ἀμύμονος ἔκγονος εἶναι

     hḕ pháto Salmōnêos amúmonos ékgonos eînai

     she claimed to be the daughter of Salmoneus

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.35.4:

     […] ἀνδρῶν τε φίλων τυγχάνεις ἔκγονος ἐὼν καὶ ἐλήλυθας ἐς φίλους

     […] andrôn te phílōn tunkháneis ékgonos eṑn kaì elḗluthas es phílous

     […] You happen to be the offspring of men allied [to me] and have come to friends

2. (in the plural) offspring, descendants
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.167
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.179
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 450

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἔκγονος; τοῦ ἐκγόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔκγονος ho ékgonos	τὼ ἐκγόνω tṑ ekgónō	οἱ ἔκγονοι hoi ékgonoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκγόνου toû ekgónou	τοῖν ἐκγόνοιν toîn ekgónoin	τῶν ἐκγόνων tôn ekgónōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκγόνῳ tôi ekgónōi	τοῖν ἐκγόνοιν toîn ekgónoin	τοῖς ἐκγόνοις toîs ekgónois
Accusative	τὸν ἔκγονον tòn ékgonon	τὼ ἐκγόνω tṑ ekgónō	τοὺς ἐκγόνους toùs ekgónous
Vocative	ἔκγονε ékgone	ἐκγόνω ekgónō	ἔκγονοι ékgonoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἔκγονον (ékgonon)

References

• ἔκγονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἔκγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press