- ἐπιγονή
- ἐπιγονή, ἡ,A increase, growth, ἐ. λαμβάνειν become larger, Plu.2.506f;
μείζονος κακίας Luc.Tim.3
; ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ. the year's produce, Plu.Fab.4; τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι] SIG695.48 (ii B.C.);θρεμμάτων Ph.2.234
;ζῴων Porph.Abst.1.16
; ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοιπῶλοι BGU353.14
(ii A.D.).2. offspring, breed,ἵππων D.S. 4.15
; of men, LXX 2 Ch.31.16.II. in Egypt, descendants of foreign military settlers, Μακεδών, Ἰουδαῖος τῆς ἐ, Wilcken Chr.241 (iii B.C.), Mitteis Chr.21.13 (iii B.C.), etc.; later apptly. used in legal fictions of a category of persons, Πέρσης τῆς ἐ. PStrassb.83.12 (ii B.C.), BGU 1134 (i B.C./i A.D.), etc.
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