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δυσαριστοτόκεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαριστοτόκεια

Structure: δυσαριστοτοκει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. unhappy mother of the noblest son

Examples

  • ὤ μοι ἐγὼ δειλή, ὤ μοι δυσαριστοτόκεια, ἥ τ’ ἐπεὶ ἂρ τέκον υἱὸν ἀμύμονά τε κρατερόν τε ἔξοχον ἡρώων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 4:17)
  • πολὺ δ’ ἔτι τούτων μᾶλλον δεησόμεθα μήτοι θεούσ γε ποιεῖν ὀδυρομένουσ καὶ λέγοντασ ‐ ὤμοι ἐγὼ δειλή, ὤμοι δυσαριστοτόκεια· (Plato, Republic, book 3 45:1)

Synonyms

  1. unhappy mother of the noblest son

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

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