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ἄτεκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτεκνος

Structure: ἀτεκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/knon

Sense

without children, childless
destroying children

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ά̓τεκνος	ά̓τεκνον
	Genitive	ἀτέκνου	ἀτέκνου
	Dative	ἀτέκνῳ	ἀτέκνῳ
	Accusative	ά̓τεκνον	ά̓τεκνον
	Vocative	ά̓τεκνε	ά̓τεκνον
Dual	N/A/V	ἀτέκνω	ἀτέκνω
Dual	G/D	ἀτέκνοιν	ἀτέκνοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃσ τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ αὐτῶν. κρείσσων γὰρ εἷσ ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 16:3)
αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν δὴ πάντα βίον κατάθηαι ἐπάρμενον ἔνδοθι οἴκου, θῆτά τ’ ἀοίκον ποιεῖσθαι καὶ ἄτεκνον ἔριθον δίζησθαι κέλομαι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 66:3)
ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐσ οἶκον ἀλλότριον ἔπηλυσ ὢν γυναῖκά θ’ ὡσ ἄτεκνον, ἣ κοινουμένη τὰσ συμφοράσ σοι πρόσθεν, ἀπολαχοῦσα νῦν αὐτὴ καθ’ αὑτὴν τὴν τύχην οἴσει πικρῶσ, πῶσ οὐχ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ εἰκότωσ μισήσομαι, ὅταν παραστῶ σοὶ μὲν ἐγγύθεν ποδόσ, ἣ δ’ οὖσ’ ἄτεκνοσ τὰ σὰ φίλ’ εἰσορᾷ πικρῶσ, κᾆτ’ ἢ προδοὺσ σύ μ’ ἐσ δάμαρτα σὴν βλέπῃσ ἢ τἀμὰ τιμῶν δῶμα συγχέασ ἔχῃσ; (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 2:1)
καὶ γὰρ γυναῖκα τὴν ἐμὴν οὐ βούλομαι λυπεῖν ἄτεκνον οὖσαν αὐτὸσ εὐτυχῶν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 5:4)
τὸν δ’ ἐμὸν ἄτεκνον ἄτεκνον ἔλακεν ἄρα βίοτον; (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 1:12)

Synonyms

without children
- ἄγονος (childless)
- ὀρφανός (childless)
destroying children
- ἔντεκνος (having children)

ἐπίγαμος (marriageable)
ἄγαμος (not married)
ἄοικος (houseless)
ὁμοπάτριος (by the same father)
ἀνέγγυος (not accredited)
γηροβοσκός (feeding or tending in old age)
ἄπολις (one without city)
στέρομαι (to be wanting in)
κληρονόμος (one who receives a portion)
κεδνός (careful)
εὔμοιρος (blest with possessions)
ἀνέκδοτος (not given in marriage)
ἧλιξ (of the same age)
τίκτω (I beget)
οἰκτίρω ()
οἰκτρός (pitiable)
δύσποτμος (unlucky)
εὔτεκνος (blest with children)
τηθίς (a father's or mother's sister)
ζηλωτός (to be emulated)
εὔπαις (blest in one's children)
φονεύς (murderer)
δυσδαίμων (of ill fortune)
παιδοφόνος (killing children)
γηραιός (aged)
θάπτω (I honour with funeral rites)
ὁμομήτριος (born of the same mother)
λέκτρον (a couch)
γαμέτης (a husband)
φιλόψυχος (loving one's life)

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

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without children

destroying children

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Sense

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without children

destroying children

Related

Similar forms

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