ὀψίγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀψέ (opsé, “late”) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /op.sí.ɡo.nos/ → /opˈsi.ɣo.nos/ → /opˈsi.ɣo.nos/

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

Adjective

ὀψίγονος • (opsígonos) m or f (neuter ὀψίγονον); second declension

1. late-born, afterborn
2. (of a child) late-born, born in a parent's old age
3. later-born, younger, young

Declension

Second declension of ὀψῐ́γονος; ὀψῐ́γονον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀψῐ́γονος opsígonos	ὀψῐ́γονον opsígonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō		ὀψῐ́γονοι opsígonoi	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsígona
Genitive		ὀψῐγόνου opsigónou	ὀψῐγόνου opsigónou		ὀψῐγόνοιν opsigónoin	ὀψῐγόνοιν opsigónoin		ὀψῐγόνων opsigónōn	ὀψῐγόνων opsigónōn
Dative		ὀψῐγόνῳ opsigónōi	ὀψῐγόνῳ opsigónōi		ὀψῐγόνοιν opsigónoin	ὀψῐγόνοιν opsigónoin		ὀψῐγόνοις opsigónois	ὀψῐγόνοις opsigónois
Accusative		ὀψῐ́γονον opsígonon	ὀψῐ́γονον opsígonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō		ὀψῐγόνους opsigónous	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsígona
Vocative		ὀψῐ́γονε opsígone	ὀψῐ́γονον opsígonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsigónō		ὀψῐ́γονοι opsígonoi	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsígona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀψῐγόνως opsigónōs			ὀψῐγονώτερος opsigonṓteros			ὀψῐγονώτᾰτος opsigonṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀψίγονος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀψίγονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀψίγονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὀψίγονος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ὀψίγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press