Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • σὺ δ’ ἀμφὶ βωμούσ, ὦ γύναι, δαφνηφόρουσ λαβοῦσα κλῶνασ, εὐτέκνουσ εὔχου θεοῖσ χρησμούσ μ’ ἐνεγκεῖν ἐξ Ἀπόλλωνοσ δόμων. (Euripides, Ion, episode 5:18)
  • τὰσ δ’ ἥδιστα ἀκροωμένασ μάλιστα εὐτέκνουσ εἶναι νομίζεσθαι. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 118:5)

Synonyms

  1. blest with children

Related

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

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