ἐπιγονή, ἡ,
increase, growth, ἐ. λαμβάνειν become larger, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.506f; μείζονος κακίας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ. the year's produce, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fab.” 4; τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι] “SIG” 695.48 (2nd c.BC); θρεμμάτων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.234; ζῴων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.16 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοι [[ πῶλοι “BGU” 353.14 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2. offspring, breed, [[ ἵππων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.15 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of men, [[ LXX.2Ch.31.16. ] LXX]
__II. in Egypt, descendants of foreign military settlers, Μακεδών, Ἰουδαῖος τῆς ἐ, Wilcken [[“Chr.” 241 (3rd c.BC), Mitteis “Chr.” 21.13 (3rd c.BC), etc.; later apparently used in legal fictions of a category of persons, Πέρσης τῆς ἐ. “PStrassb.” 83.12 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1134 1st c.BC-1st c.AD, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]