πρόγονος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (γίγνομαι, γέγονα) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[early-born]], [[[ἄρνες]]], opp. [[μέτασσαι]], <span class="bibl">Od.9.221</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hermesian. 7.74</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1038.9 (Eleusis, iv/iii B.C.); [[first-born]], IG 2.1301 (dub.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἀπόγονος]] 1, dub. in <span class="bibl">D.H.7.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[forefather]], [[ancestor]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.59</span>; πατρός σου π. πατήρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 267</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11b</span>: freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.105</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>405</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.150</span>, etc.; οἱ ἄνωθεν π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>236e</span>; οἱ πάλαι π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>359d</span>; ἐκ προγόνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173d</span>; also of gods or heroes who are the [[authors]] or [[founders]] of a race, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>273</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>186e</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.14</span>, etc.; Ζεῦ πρόγονε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1242</span>; θεοὶ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>302d</span>: also as fem., π. γυνή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>533</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">43</span>(lyr.): metaph., <b class="b3">οἱ π</b>. the [[fathers]] or [[founders]] of a school, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>15</span>; τὸν π. τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ σοφίας <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>8.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἰὼ πόνοι π. πόνων</b> troubles [[parents]] of troubles, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1197</span>(lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">child by a former marriage, step-son</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1329</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>18</span>, <span class="title">Mon.Anc.Gr.</span> 16.9, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cal.</span>26</span>, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>6.667 (Attalia), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>48.3</span>(i A.D.), etc.: fem., [[step-daughter]], <span class="bibl">Stratt.79</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.12.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.43</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>9</span>; rarely [[προγόνη]] (q.v.): irreg. Sup. [[προγονέστατος]] <b class="b2">eldest step-son</b>, dub. in <span class="title">TAM</span>2(1).246.18 (Sidyma).</span>