Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλότεκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλότεκνος φιλότεκνον

Structure: φιλοτεκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving one's children or offspring

Examples

  • ποίασ γὰρ ἀηδόνασ ἄξιον τῷ φιλομούσῳ τῆσ ἀλκυόνοσ ἢ τῷ φιλοτέκνῳ χελιδόνασ ἢ τῷ φιλάνδρῳ πελειάδασ; (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 352)

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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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