Epigoni

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ĕpĭgŏni, ōrum, m., = Ἐπίγονοι, the After-born.

I The sons of the seven heroes who went together against Thebes , Hyg. Fab. 71; as the name of a tragedy of Aeschylus, translated into Latin by Attius, Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; id. Off. 1, 31, 114.—

II The children of the soldiers of Alexander the Great by Asiatic women , Just. 12, 4 fin.