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ἀρτίτοκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρτίτοκος

Structure: ἀρτιτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. new-born
  2. having just given birth

Examples

  • ξυντεκμαιρόμενον ὦν πρὸσ τὰ παρέοντα, τοῖσδε χρῆσθαι · ὄψα δὲ αὐτέων, ἅσσα καὶ ἐπὶ πτισάνῃ λέλεκται· ὠὰ δὲ ἐκ πυρὸσ μὲν ὑδαρέα, θερμά· ἄριστον δὲ ἐκ ζῳών ἀρτίτοκα, πρὶν τὴν ἥπατι ἕλκοσ ἐοί ὀλέθριον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 237)

Synonyms

  1. new-born

Related

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

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