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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

λέγει δὲ Ἅβραμ. δέσποτα Κύριε, τί μοι δώσεισ̣ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπολύομαι ἄτεκνοσ. ὁ δὲ υἱὸσ Μασὲκ τῆσ οἰκογενοῦσ μου, οὗτοσ Δαμασκὸσ Ἐλιέζερ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:2)
καὶ ἐρεῖσ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου. τίσ ἐγέννησέ μοι τούτουσ̣ ἐγὼ δὲ ἄτεκνοσ καὶ χήρα, τούτουσ δὲ τίσ ἐξέθρεψέ μοι̣ ἐγὼ δὲ κατελείφθην μόνη, οὗτοι δέ μοι ποῦ ἦσαν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 49:21)
καὶ νῦν ἄπαισ ἄτεκνοσ γηράσκω δυστανοτάτωσ, οὔτ’ ἐν φθιμένοισ οὔτ’ ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶσ δή τινα τῶνδ’ ἔχουσα μοῖραν. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 12)
σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἔμ’, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ σὲ τὸν νεώτερον, γραῦσ ἄπολισ ἄτεκνοσ, ἄθλιον θάπτω νεκρόν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 3:7)
ἀπέθανεν ὑμῖν ἄτεκνοσ, λελυπημένοσ, ὀδυρόμενοσ, δακρύων, πεπενθηκὼσ πένθοσ ὀλιγοχρόνιον μέν, ἀλλ’ ἱκανὸν πατρί, καὶ τὸ δεινότατον, αὐτὸσ ὑφ’ αὑτοῦ, ὅσπερ θανάτων οἴκτιστοσ καὶ πολλῷ χαλεπώτεροσ ἢ εἰ ὑπ’ ἄλλου γίγνοιτο. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 18:7)

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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