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单词 epigone
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epigonen.1

/ˈɛpɪɡəʊn/
Etymology: In plural < French épigones, < Latin epigonī , < Greek ἐπίγονοι , plural of ἐπίγονος born afterwards, < ἐπί upon, after + -γονος , < root of γίγνεσθαι to be born. See also epigon n.The designation οἱ ἐπίγονοι (Latin Epigoni) was applied especially to the sons of the seven heroes who led the war against Thebes; the modern use is in allusion to this.
rare.
One of a succeeding generation. Chiefly in plural the less distinguished successors of an illustrious generation. Also in Latin form (chiefly with initial capital) eˈpigoni n.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > successor
followereOE
successor1297
after-comera1382
nephewa1387
succedentc1440
succeederc1450
successary1486
sequacesa1513
incomer1526
subsequent1560
phoenixa1616
superseder?1774
supersessor1810
epigone1865
sequels in estate1889
1865 Athenæum No. 1989. 799/1 Epigones in the land of Erasmus.
1884 R. T. Ely Past & Present of Polit. Econ. ii. 9 That economic system, which the epigones in political economy contemplate with awe.
1937 H. Read Art & Society 257 That task may perhaps be left to future epigoni.
1964 F. H. Blum in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 162 Unlike the epigoni of his time..Mills grasped this problem in its totality.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

epigonen.2

/ˈɛpɪɡəʊn/
Etymology: < modern Latin epigonium, < Greek ἐπί upon + γονή, γόνος seed.
Botany.
The membranous bag or flask which encloses the spore-case of a liverwort or scale-moss when young. Also the nucule of a Chara.
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1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. v. 376 The case of the archegonium is called the epigone.
1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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