ἔγγονος
See also: εγγονός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai) + -ος (-os). Compare Latin indigenus (“native, indigenous”) and Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.ɡo.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡo.nos/
Noun
ἔγγονος • (éngonos) m or f (genitive ἐγγόνου); second declension
- (masculine) grandson
- (feminine) granddaughter
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἔγγονος ho, hē éngonos |
τὼ ἐγγόνω tṑ engónō |
οἱ, αἱ ἔγγονοι hoi, hai éngonoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἐγγόνου toû, tês engónou |
τοῖν ἐγγόνοιν toîn engónoin |
τῶν ἐγγόνων tôn engónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἐγγόνῳ tōî, tēî engónōi |
τοῖν ἐγγόνοιν toîn engónoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἐγγόνοις toîs, taîs engónois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἔγγονον tòn, tḕn éngonon |
τὼ ἐγγόνω tṑ engónō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐγγόνους toùs, tā̀s engónous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔγγονε éngone |
ἐγγόνω engónō |
ἔγγονοι éngonoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (granddaughter): ἐγγόνη (engónē)
Descendants
- Greek: εγγονός (engonós)
Further reading
- “ἔγγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔγγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔγγονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἔγγονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette