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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

  • ἔπειτα βαλόντασ εἰσ γλωσσόκομον αὐτοὺσ καὶ θέντασ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἅμαξαν αὐτῇ καινὴν κατασκευάσαι, καὶ βόασ ὑποζεύξαντασ ἀρτιτόκουσ τὰσ μὲν πόρτισ ἐγκλεῖσαι καὶ κατασχεῖν, μὴ ταῖσ μητράσιν ἐμποδὼν ἑπόμεναι γένωνται, πόθῳ δ’ αὐτῶν ὀξυτέραν ποιῶνται τὴν πορείαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 14:1)

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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