πρόγονος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=πρό-γονος, ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[forefather]], [[ancestor]], Hdt., [[attic]]; οἱ [[ἄνωθεν]] πρ. Plat.; ἐκ προγόνων, Lat. [[antiquitus]], Plat.:— also of gods who are the authors or founders of a [[race]]; Ζεῦ πρόγονε Eur.; θεοὶ πρόγονοι Plat.:—metaph., πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων troubles parents of troubles, Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[child]] by a [[former]] [[marriage]], i. e. one's [[step]]-son, Lat. [[privignus]], Eur.: fem. a stepdaughter, Plut.