proper nounĔpĭgĕnesEPIGENES☆ KeepMeaninga Greek authorLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879EPIGENESLEWIS & SHORTEPIGENESĔpĭgĕnes, is, m., I. a Greek author, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3 al.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyEpigenesEpigenes (Ἐπιγένης) of Byzantium is supposed to have lived about the time of Augustus by some, and several centuries earlier by others; nothing, in fa…