COMPOUND: διογενής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘sprung from Zeus, divine’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem Διο- (Ζεύς, Διός) ‘Zeus’ + verbal root γεν- (γίγνομαι) ‘to be born, come into being’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 337, 489; II, 173; IV, 358, 489; VII, 234, 249; VIII, 93; IX, 106, 308, 624, 644; X, 144; 340; XI, 465, 810, 823, XVI, 49, 126; 707; XXI, 17; XXIII, 294, 723; Od. II, 352, 366; V, 203, 387; VIII, 3; X, 401, 443, 456, 488, 504; XI, 60, 92, 405, 473, 617; XIII, 375; XIV, 486; XV, 485; XVI, 167; XVIII, 312; XXII, 164; XXIII, 306; XXIV, 542.
CASE: nom. m. sg, voc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (complement-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: in Hom. epith. of kings