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