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                    "description": "<b>ος, ον :<br\/>   I<\/b> qui naît <i>ou<\/i> se développe par superfétation, HPC. <i>349, 11 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> né après, PLAT. <i>Leg. 740<\/i> c, <i>929<\/i> d ; <i>subst<\/i>. οἱ Ἐπίγονοι :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> les Épigones, <i>les descendants des sept chefs tués devant Thèbes,<\/i> PD. <i>P. 8, 44 ;<\/i> HDT. <i>4, 32 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Sept. 903, etc. ; ou ceux des successeurs d’Alexandre le Grand,<\/i> DS. <i>1, 3 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> couvain d’abeilles, XÉN. <i>Œc. 7, 34<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἐπιγίγνομαι.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ον, <b>born besides<\/b>, of superfetation, Hp. <i>Vict.<\/i> 1.31.<br\/>as <i>Subst.<\/i>, ἐπίγονοι, οἱ, <b>offspring, posterity<\/b>, A. <i>Th.<\/i> 903 (lyr.); <b>breed<\/b>, of bees, prob. in X. <i>Oec.<\/i> 7.34.<br\/>οἱ Ἐπίγονοι <b>the Afterborn<\/b>, sons of the chiefs who fell in the first war against Thebes, title of Cyclic Epic ascribed to Homer, Hdt. 4.32, cf. Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 8.42, D.S. 4.66, etc.<br\/>of the Heraclids, Hecat. 30J.<br\/><b>descendants<\/b> of the successors to Alexander΄s dominions, περὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ τῶν διαδόχων καὶ ἐ., title of work by Nymphis, Suid. s.v. Νύμφις, cf. D.S. 1.3, D.H. 1.6, Str. 15.3.24; τῷ Ἐπιγόνου κούρῳ, of Antigonus Gonatas, <i>BMus.Inscr.<\/i> 797.8 (Cnidus).<br\/>corps of barbarian youths in Alexander΄s army, Arr. <i>An.<\/i> 7.6.1.<br\/>in Egypt, <b>belonging to the ἐπιγονή<\/b> II, PSI 6.588.7 (iii BC), UPZ 14.70 (ii BC).<br\/><b>after-born<\/b>, i.e.<br\/><b>born after<\/b> or <b>besides the presumptive heir<\/b>, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 740c, 929d.<br\/><b>issue of second marriage<\/b>, Poll. 3.25."
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                    "description": "<i>dazu, danach geboren<\/i>, gew. als subst. <i>der später, aus der zweiten Ehe geborene<\/i>, wie Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. V.740c erkl. wird εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐκ διαφόρων μητέρων εἶεν, ἐπίγονος ἂν ὁ δεύτερος τῷ προτέρῳ ὀνομάζοιτο. Uebh. οἱ ἐπίγονοι, <i>die Nachkommen<\/i>, bes., wie Aesch. <i>Spt<\/i>. 885 Pind. <i>P<\/i>. 8.44, die Söhne der im ersten thebanischen Kriege vor Theben gefallenen Helden ; vgl. Her. 4.32. Auch die Söhne und Nachkommen der Diadochen Alexanders des Großen, DS. 1.3 u. A. – Von Tieren, <i>die Brut der Bienen<\/i>, Xen. <i>Oec<\/i>. 7.34. – Das neutr. hat Hippocr., <i>der Nachwuchs<\/i>."
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