ἐπιγονή

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γυναικόφρων γὰρ θυμὸς ἀνδρὸς οὐ σοφοῦ → it's an unwise man who shows a woman's spirit

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Transliteration A: epigonḗ Transliteration B: epigonē Transliteration C: epigoni Beta Code: e)pigonh/

English (LSJ)

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 ἐπιγεγενημένοι πῶλοι 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.