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ἄτεκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτεκνος

Structure: ἀτεκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/knon

Sense

  1. without children, childless
  2. destroying children

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓τεκνος ά̓τεκνον
Genitive ἀτέκνου ἀτέκνου
Dative ἀτέκνῳ ἀτέκνῳ
Accusative ά̓τεκνον ά̓τεκνον
Vocative ά̓τεκνε ά̓τεκνον
DualN/A/V ἀτέκνω ἀτέκνω
G/D ἀτέκνοιν ἀτέκνοιν
PluralNominative ά̓τεκνοι ά̓τεκνα
Genitive ἀτέκνων ἀτέκνων
Dative ἀτέκνοις ἀτέκνοις
Accusative ἀτέκνους ά̓τεκνα
Vocative ά̓τεκνοι ά̓τεκνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓τεκνος ἀτέκνου ἀτεκνότερος ἀτεκνοτέρου ἀτεκνότατος ἀτεκνοτάτου
Adverb ἀτέκνως ἀτεκνότερον ἀτεκνότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ὑμεῖσ δὲ τί παθόντεσ ἀλλοτρίοισ ἐπιχαίνετε καὶ τοῖσ ἀτέκνοισ τῶν γερόντων ἐσποιεῖτε φέροντεσ αὑτούσ; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 6:2)
  • ταῖσ δὲ λοιπαῖσ θυγατράσιν Ἡρώδου τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀτέκνοισ τελευτᾶν συνέπεσεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 172:2)

Synonyms

  1. without children

  2. destroying children

Related

Similar forms

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

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