Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεριμνοτόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεριμνοτόκος μεριμνοτόκον

Structure: μεριμνοτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. mother of cares

Examples

  • εὖ διαθείσ, βιότου λῆγε μεριμνοτόκου, καί με τὸν ἰητρόν, προρρήσιοσ εἵνεκεν ἐσθλῆσ, ἐν τριτάτᾐ μοίρᾐ κάλλιπε κληρονόμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 382 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. mother of cares

Similar forms

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

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