ἐπιγονή

A. increase, growth, ἐ. λαμβάνειν become larger, Plu. 2.506f; μείζονος κακίας Luc. Tim. 3; ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ. the year's produce, Plu. Fab. 4; τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι] SIG 695.48 (ii B.C.); θρεμμάτων Ph. 2.234; ζῴων Porph. Abst. 1.16; ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοι πῶλοι BGU 353.14 (ii A.D.).

2. . offspring, breed, ἵππων D.S. 4.15; of men, LXX 2 Ch. 31.16.

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.