ἔκγονος, ον
(η, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1647 codices, “Milet.” 7.71 (from Didyma), “IGRom.” 4.912 (from Cibyra))] Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus etc. ἔσγονος, “Schwyzer” 191.32 (from Crete), “SIG” 306.53 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.:— born of, sprung from, especially substantive, child, whether son or daughter, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.813, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.236, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35, etc.; ὁ Διὸς ἔ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 876 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (anapaest meter): plural, ἔκγονοι descendants, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.167, 4.179, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 450 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ἐκγόνων ἔκγονοι children's children, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 112c: _metaphorically_, τῆς χώρας ἔκγονοι [prev. author] “Mx.” 239d; ἀδικία ἔ. ὕβρεως [prev. author] “Lg.” 691c; δειλίας ἔ. ἀργία [prev. work] 901e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of interest as the child of the principal, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 555e, compare 507a. ] Refs]
__b grandchild, [[ Milet. Ergebnisse [same place], “SIG” 900.5, etc. ] Refs]
__2 neuter, ἔκγονά τινος one's offspring, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 137 (Lyric poetry); ἔ. κλυτᾶς χθονός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 171 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ποιηταὶ] ἔ. ἑαυτῶν καταλείπουσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 209d; τὰ [ζωγραφίας] ἔ. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 275d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἔγγονος.