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ἄτοκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτοκος

Structure: ἀτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having never yet brought forth, never having had a child
  2. not bearing interest

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓τοκος ά̓τοκον
Genitive ἀτόκου ἀτόκου
Dative ἀτόκῳ ἀτόκῳ
Accusative ά̓τοκον ά̓τοκον
Vocative ά̓τοκε ά̓τοκον
DualN/A/V ἀτόκω ἀτόκω
G/D ἀτόκοιν ἀτόκοιν
PluralNominative ά̓τοκοι ά̓τοκα
Genitive ἀτόκων ἀτόκων
Dative ἀτόκοις ἀτόκοις
Accusative ἀτόκους ά̓τοκα
Vocative ά̓τοκοι ά̓τοκα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓τοκος ἀτόκου ἀτοκώτερος ἀτοκωτέρου ἀτοκώτατος ἀτοκωτάτου
Adverb ἀτόκως ἀτοκώτερον ἀτοκώτατα

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

  • ἦν δὲ καὶ παλαιὸσ νόμοσ, ὥσ φησιν Ἀνδροτίων, τῆσ ἐπιγονῆσ ἕνεκα τῶν θρεμμάτων μὴ σφάττειν πρόβατον ἄπεκτον ἢ ἄτοκον διὸ τὰ ἤδη τέλεια ἤσθιον ἀτὰρ σιάλουσ γε σύασ μνηστῆρεσ ἔδουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 4:4)
  • Ῥηί̈τερον μὲν γὰρ μήτρην ἄτοκον θέμεναι, ἢ νεφροὺσ λιθιῶντασ ἀλίθουσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 20)

Synonyms

  1. not bearing interest

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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