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πρωτογενής

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: prōtogenḗs Transliteration B: prōtogenēs Transliteration C: protogenis Beta Code: prwtogenh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (γενέσθαι)

   A first-born, primeval, κτῆμα, εἶδος, Pl.Plt.288e, 289b; of persons, LXX Ex.13.2, Orph.H.25.2; epith. of Τύχη, Historia 5.231 (Itanus); Τύχη π.,= Fortuna Primigenia, Gloss.