Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλλίτεκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίτεκνος καλλίτεκνον

Structure: καλλιτεκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/knon

Sense

  1. with fair children

Examples

  • Ἐλεγεῖα ὧν ἀρχή, Καλλιτέκνου μητρὸσ θύγατερ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 26:14)
  • τὰ γὰρ τῆσ καλλιτέκνου γέρα λαμβάνει. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:12)
  • ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ οὗτοσ ὑμῖν θεὸσ καλλιτέκνου προσηγορίαν εἶχε, τοῦ πατρὸσ ἕνεκα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 16)

Synonyms

  1. with fair children

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

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