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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[increase]], [[growth]], <b class="b3">ἐ. λαμβάνειν</b> become [[larger]], Plu.2.506f; μείζονος κακίας Luc.''Tim.''3; <b class="b3">ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ.</b> the year's [[produce]], Plu.''Fab.''4; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι]</b> ''SIG''695.48 (ii B.C.); θρεμμάτων Ph.2.234; ζῴων Porph.''Abst.''1.16; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοι</b> πῶλοι ''BGU''353.14 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[offspring]], [[breed]], ἵππων D.S. 4.15; of men, [[LXX]] ''2 Ch.''31.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. in Egypt, [[descendants of foreign]] [[military settlers]], <b class="b3">Μακεδών, Ἰουδαῖος τῆς ἐ</b>, 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, <b class="b3">Πέρσης τῆς ἐ.</b> ''PStrassb.''83.12 (ii B.C.), ''BGU'' 1134 (i B.C./i A.D.), etc.