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εὔτεκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔτεκνος εὔτεκνον

Structure: εὐτεκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/knon

Sense

  1. blest with children, that gives promise of fair children, of fair children

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓τεκνος εύ̓τεκνον
Genitive εὐτέκνου εὐτέκνου
Dative εὐτέκνῳ εὐτέκνῳ
Accusative εύ̓τεκνον εύ̓τεκνον
Vocative εύ̓τεκνε εύ̓τεκνον
DualN/A/V εὐτέκνω εὐτέκνω
G/D εὐτέκνοιν εὐτέκνοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓τεκνοι εύ̓τεκνα
Genitive εὐτέκνων εὐτέκνων
Dative εὐτέκνοις εὐτέκνοις
Accusative εὐτέκνους εύ̓τεκνα
Vocative εύ̓τεκνοι εύ̓τεκνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓τεκνος εὐτέκνου εὐτεκνότερος εὐτεκνοτέρου εὐτεκνότατος εὐτεκνοτάτου
Adverb εὐτέκνως εὐτεκνότερον εὐτεκνότατα

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

  • κατήφησεν δὲ Κυρήνη πᾶσα, τὸν εὔτεκνον χῆρον ἰδοῦσα δόμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 517 1:1)
  • εἰ δέ τισ αὖ γυναικὶ μὲν συνοικεῖν μὴ βούλοιτο, τέκνων δὲ ἀξιολόγων ἐπιθυμοίη, καὶ τοῦτο νόμιμον ἐποίησεν, ἥντινα ἂν εὔτεκνον καὶ γενναίαν ὁρῴη, πείσαντα τὸν ἔχοντα ἐκ ταύτησ τεκνοποιεῖσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 10:1)
  • τούτων δ’ ὑπακουσάντων τῇ μητρὶ καὶ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν καιρὸν κατατοξευσάντων τὰ τέκνα τῆσ Νιόβησ, συνέβη τὴν προειρημένην ὑφ’ ἕνα καιρὸν ὀξέωσ ἅμα εὔτεκνον καὶ ἄτεκνον γενέσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 74 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. blest with children

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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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