ἀρχέγονος
ον
A.
original, primal, τὸ ἀ. ὑγρόν Corn. ND 17, cf. Nonn. D. 24.48, al.; οὐσία Gal. 5.418: Comp. ‐ώτερος Ph. 2.472: Sup., Id. 1.237.
II.
(perh. parox. ἀρχεγόνος) first author or origin, ἡ φύσις πάσης τέχνης ἀρχέγονόν ἐστ’ Damox. 2.8, cf. D.S. 1.88; τῶν ὅλων Procl. Inst. 152; Ὠκεανὸς ἀ. πάντων Corn. ND 8.