Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐτοκία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐτοκία

Structure: εὐτοκι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from eu)/tokos

Sense

  1. happy child-birth

Declension

First declension

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

  • τῶν δ’ εὐγενῶν νεανίσκων καί ἀρχόντων πολλοὶ διαθέουσιν ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν γυμνοί, σκύτεσι λασίοισ τοὺσ ἐμποδὼν ἐπὶ παιδιᾷ καί γέλωτι παίοντεσ πολλαὶ δὲ καί τῶν ἐν τέλει γυναικῶν ἐπίτηδεσ ὑπαντῶσαι παρέχουσιν ὥσπερ ἐν διδασκάλου τὼ χεῖρε ταῖσ πληγαῖσ, πεπεισμέναι πρὸσ εὐτοκίαν κυούσαισ, ἀγόνοισ δὲ πρὸσ κύησιν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 61 2:1)
  • αἱ δ’ ἐν ἡλικίᾳ γυναῖκεσ οὐ φεύγουσι τὸ παίεσθαι, νομίζουσαι πρὸσ εὐτοκίαν καὶ κύησιν συνεργεῖν. (Plutarch, chapter 21 5:3)
  • "λέγεται δὲ καὶ πρὸσ εὐτοκίαν συνεργεῖν, ὅταν ᾖ διχόμηνοσ, ἀνέσει τῶν ὑγρῶν μαλακωτέρασ παρέχουσα τὰσ ὠδῖνασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 6:18)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION