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▪ I. epigone1 rare.|ˈɛpɪgəʊn|
[In pl. a. Fr. épigones, ad. L. epigonī, a. Gr. ἐπίγονοι, pl. of ἐπίγονος born afterwards, f. ἐπί upon, after + -γονος, f. root of γίγνεσθαι to be born.
The designation οἱ ἐπίγονοι (L. Epigoni) was applied esp. to the sons of the seven heroes who led the war against Thebes; the mod. use is in allusion to this.]
One of a succeeding generation. Chiefly in pl. the less distinguished successors of an illustrious generation. Also in L. form (chiefly with initial capital) eˈpigoni.
1865Athenæum No. 1989. 799/1 Epigones in the land of Erasmus. 1884R. T. Ely Pol. Econ. 9 That economic system which the epigones in political economy contemplate with awe. 1937H. Read Art & Society 257 That task may perhaps be left to future epigoni. 1964F. H. Blum in I. L. Horowitz New Sociology 162 Unlike the epigoni of his time..Mills grasped this problem in its totality.
▪ II. epigone2 Bot.|ˈɛpɪgəʊn|
[ad. mod.L. epigonium, f. Gr. ἐπί upon + γονή, γόνος seed.]
The membranous bag or flask which encloses the spore-case of a liverwort or scale-moss when young. Also the nucule of a Chara.
1866in Treas. Bot. 1870Bentley Bot. 367 The case of the archegonium is called the epigone. |