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ἐπιγίγνομαι

epigignomai

to be born after, come

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπιγίγνομαι, Ion. and later ἐπι-γίνομαι [γῑ], fut. ἐπιγενήσομαι: aor. 2 ἐπεγενόμην: pf. ἐπιγέγονα: I. of Time, to be born after, come into being after, ἔαρος δʼ ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρῃ (sc. φύλλα, nisi leg. ὥρη) 11.6.148; of persons, Hdt. 7.2; οἱ ἐπιγινόμενοι ἄνθρωποι posterity, Id. 9.85; οἱ ἐπιγενόμενοι τούτῳ σοφισταί who came after him, Id. 2.49; ἀνάγκη τὰ -όμενα κρατεῖν the new must prevail over the old, Th. 1.71, cf. Pl. R. 574a; ἀντὶ τῶν ἀποθανόντων ἕτεροι . . [ἐπιγενήσονται] X. Cyr. 6.1.12, cf. Th. 6.26; τῇ ἐπιγιγνομένῃ ἡμέρᾳ the following, the next . . , Id. 3.75; τοῦ ἐπιγιγνομένου θέρους Id. 4.52; χρόνου ἐπιγενομένου as time went on, Hdt. 1.28, cf. Th. 1.126 (v.l.); χρόνος . . παρὰ λόγον ἐπιγιγνόμενος Id. 4.26; τὰ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἐπιγενόμενα that happened after . . , Hdt. 8.37. 2. follow, of a fleet, Th. 3.77. II. of things, come at the end, come as fulfilment, c. dat., βουλαῖς οὐκ ἐπέγεντο τέλος Thgn. 640; τὸ τέλος, ἡ τελευτὴ ἐ. τινί, Hdt. 3.65, 7.157; esp. of sudden changes of weather and the like, supervene, καί σφι . . ἅμα τῇ βροντῇ σεισμὸν ἐπιγενέσθαι Id. 5.85; πλέουσι αὐτοῖσι χειμὼν . . ἐπεγίνετο Id. 8.13, cf. Th. 4.3; ἐ. σφι τέρεα Hdt. 8.37; νὺξ ἐ. ib.70; νὺξ ἐ. τῷ ἔργῳ Th. 4.25; ἄνεμος ἐπεγένετο τῇ φλογί seconded the flame, Id. 3.74: abs., τοσαύτη ἡ ξυμφορὰ ἐπεγεγένητο Id. 8.96, cf.1.16; ἐπιγενομένου νότου Act.Ap. 28.13; τὴν ἐπιγινομένην ἡδονὴν . .τοῖς ἔργοις the supervening pleasure, Arist. EN 1104b4; μέμψις καὶ μετάνοια ἐ. πράξεσι Plu. Tim. 36. 2. come in after, ἐπὶ τῇ ναυμαχίῃ ἐ. Ἱστιαῖος Hdt. 6.27, cf. Ar. Eq. 136; come upon, assault, attack, τινί Th. 3.30, 4.93; ἀφυλάκτοις καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐ. Id. 7.32, cf. 3.108; of disease, ἀρρωστία ἐ. D. 36.7: freq. in Hp. of additional symptoms, supervene, Aph. 5.2, Art. 69,al. 3. befall, come to pass, Th. 5.20. 4. fall to one, become due, μισθώσεις ἐ. D. 36.9; τὰ ἐπιγινόμενα the accruing interest, Arist. Pol. 1280a30, cf.IG 12.236, al., BGU 8 ii 4 (iii A.D.), etc. 5. to be incident to, δόξῃ ἐ. ψεῦδός τε καὶ ἀληθές Pl. Phlb. 37b. 6. to be added, πρός τι Arist. Cael. 297a32.
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