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 opsĭ́gonos	ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō		ὀψῐ́γονοι opsĭ́gonoi	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă
Genitive		ὀψῐγόνου opsĭgónou	ὀψῐγόνου opsĭgónou		ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin	ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin		ὀψῐγόνων opsĭgónōn	ὀψῐγόνων opsĭgónōn
Dative		ὀψῐγόνῳ opsĭgónōi	ὀψῐγόνῳ opsĭgónōi		ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin	ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin		ὀψῐγόνοις opsĭgónois	ὀψῐγόνοις opsĭgónois
Accusative		ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon	ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō		ὀψῐγόνους opsĭgónous	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă
Vocative		ὀψῐ́γονε opsĭ́gone	ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon		ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō	ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō		ὀψῐ́γονοι opsĭ́gonoi	ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀψῐγόνως opsĭgónōs			ὀψῐγονώτερος opsĭgonṓteros			ὀψῐγονώτᾰτος opsĭgonṓtătos
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