Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διδυματόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διδυματόκος διδυματόκον

Structure: διδυματοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: doric for didumhto/kos,

Sense

  1. bearing twins

Examples

  • πλὰν δύο τὰσ λοιπὰσ διδυματόκοσ αἶγασ ἀμέλγω, καί μ’ ἁ παῖσ ποθορεῦσα "τάλαν" λέγει "αὐτὸσ ἀμέλγεισ; (Theocritus, Idylls, 76)

Synonyms

  1. bearing twins

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

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