πρόγονος: Difference between revisions

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