ἔγγονος,ὁ, properly,
A. grandson, D.H. 6.37 , etc.:ἐγγόνη,ἡ,grand-daughter,
IGRom. 4.882 (Themisonium), Artem. 4.69 , Lyd. Mag. 2.1 ; alsoἔγγονος,ἡ , Plu. Per. 3 .
2. simply, = ἔκγονος ,descendant, Pl. R. 364e , D. 19.48 , 54 , etc.;ἔκγ- isv.l. inll.cc., and may be right in Arist. Pol. 1335a13 , cf. ib. b30 ; τὰ ἔγγονα issue,
Inscr.Cos 36a4
, PFreib. 10.8 , etc.; of animals, Ph. 2.396 , al.; Ἔρως πυρὸς ἔγγονε
APl. 4.212
( Alph. ).
3. productive,κακίας, μνήμης, Callistr. Stat. 10 . [ἔγγ- may representἔκγ- (q.v.), both forms are found in Att. Inscrr. up to ca. 300 B.C.;ἔγγ- is rare in Hellenistic Greek, OGI 49.12
(iii B. C.), PTeb. 124.25 , 33
(ii B. C.); but more freq. later;ἐνγ- is written in SIG 333.25 (Samos,iv B. C.), dub. in CIG 3185 (Smyrna).]