ἐγγόνη
See also: εγγονή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai) + -η (-ē). Compare Latin indigena (“native, indigenous”) and Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eŋ.ɡó.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eŋˈɡo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eŋˈɡo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eŋˈɡo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eŋˈɡo.ni/
Noun
ἐγγόνη • (engónē) m or f (genitive ἐγγόνης); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐγγόνη hē engónē |
τὼ ἐγγόνᾱ tṑ engónā |
αἱ ἔγγοναι hai éngonai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐγγόνης tês engónēs |
τοῖν ἐγγόναιν toîn engónain |
τῶν ἐγγονῶν tôn engonôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐγγόνῃ tēî engónēi |
τοῖν ἐγγόναιν toîn engónain |
ταῖς ἐγγόναις taîs engónais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐγγόνην tḕn engónēn |
τὼ ἐγγόνᾱ tṑ engónā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐγγόνᾱς tā̀s engónās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐγγόνη engónē |
ἐγγόνᾱ engónā |
ἔγγοναι éngonai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (granddaughter): ἔγγονος f (éngonos)
Descendants
- Greek: εγγονή (engoní)
Further reading
- ἐγγόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐγγόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἐγγόνη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011