ἐπιγονή
ἐπιγονή, ἡ,
A). increase, growth, ἐ. λαμβάνειν become larger, ; 2.506f μείζονος κακίας Tim. 3 ; ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ. the year's produce, Fab. 4 ; τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι] SIG 695.48 (ii B.C.); θρεμμάτων ; 2.234 ζῴων Abst. 1.16 ; ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοι πῶλοι BGU 353.14 (ii A.D.).
II).. in Egypt, descendants of foreign military settlers, Μακεδών, Ἰουδαῖος τῆς ἐ, Wilcken Chr. 241 (iii B.C.), Mitteis Chr. 21.13 (iii B.C.), etc.; later apptly. used in legal fictions of a category of persons, Πέρσης τῆς ἐ. PStrassb. 83.12 (ii B.C.), BGU 1134 (i B.C. /i A.D.), etc.