ὀψίγονος
opsigonos
late-born
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀψίγονος, ον, A. late-born, τί σευ ἄλλος ὀνήσεται ὀψίγονός περ ; Il. 16.31, cf. Fr. 30.6: mostly in pl., ὀψιγόνων ἀνθρώπων of men after-born, Il. 3.353, cf. Od. 1.302, etc. 2. of a son, late-born, born in oneʼs old age, 165, Ind. 9.2; born late in the season, ἔριφος 4.6. 3. later-born, i.e. younger, Supp. 361 (lyr.), 7.3; young, 24.31. 4. late in spawning, of the needle-fish, HA 571a2.
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