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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

  • Καὶ τί ἂν ἀδικῆσαι δύναιτο ἀρτίτοκον ὄν; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:3)
  • Ἀγρονόμῳ τάδε Πανὶ καὶ εὐαστῆρι Λυαίῳ πρέσβυσ καὶ Νύμφαισ Ἀρκὰσ ἔθηκε Βίτων Πανὶ μὲν ἀρτίτοκον χίμαρον συμπαίστορα ματρόσ, κισσοῦ δὲ Βρομίῳ κλῶνα πολυπλανέοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1541)
  • κύνεσ τε γὰρ ὠρύοντο ὁμαλῶσ οἱᾶ λύκοι, σύμβολον ἀηδέσ, καὶ λύκοι τὴν ἀγορὰν διέθεον, οὐκ ἐπιχωριάζον ἐν πόλει ζῷον, βοῦσ τε φωνὴν ἀφῆκεν ἀνθρώπου, καὶ βρέφοσ ἀρτίτοκον ἐφθέγξατο, καὶ τῶν ξοάνων τὰ μὲν ἵδρου, τὰ δὲ καὶ αἷμα ἵδρου, ἀνδρῶν τε μεγάλαι βοαὶ καὶ κτύποσ ὅπλων καὶ δρόμοσ ἵππων οὐχ ὁρωμένων ἠκούετο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 1 4:2)

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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