πρόγον-ος, ον,
(γίγνομαι, γέγονα) early-born, [ἄρνες], opposed to μέτασσαι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.221, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.74, “SIG” 1038.9 (Eleusis, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; first-born, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1301 (uncertain). ] Refs]
__2 ={ἀπόγονος} 1, uncertain in [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.50. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II forefather, ancestor, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.59; πατρός σου π. πατήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 267, compare “Hel.” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 11b: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.105, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 405, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.150, etc.; οἱ ἄνωθεν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 236e; οἱ πάλαι π. [prev. author] “Ep.” 359d; ἐκ προγόνων [prev. author] “Tht.” 173d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of gods or heroes who are the authors or founders of a race, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 273, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 186e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.14, etc.; Ζεῦ πρόγονε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1242; θεοὶ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 302d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also as feminine, π. γυνή [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 533 (Lyric poetry), compare 43 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, οἱ π.] Refs 4th c.BC+] the fathers or founders of a school, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 15; τὸν π. τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ σοφίας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἰὼ πόνοι π. πόνων troubles parents of troubles, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1197 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]