Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγχίτοκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχίτοκος ἀγχίτοκη ἀγχίτοκον

Structure: ἀγχιτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. in the pangs of child-birth

Examples

  • Ἀγχιτόκον Σατύραν Αἴδασ λάχε, Σιδονία δὲ κρύψε κόνισ, πάτρα δ’ ἐστονάχησε Τύροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4621)

Synonyms

  1. in the pangs of child-birth

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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