ἐπιγονή
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 933] ἡ, Nachwuchs, Nachkommenschaft, bes. von Thieren, Plut. Fab. M. 4; D. Sic. 4, 15; Ael. H. N. 2, 46; übtr. κακίας Luc. Tim. 3; ἐπιγονὴν λαμβάνει λόγος, das Gerücht wächst, Plut. garrul. 10.
