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παιδογόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδογόνος παιδογόνον

Structure: παιδογον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gonh

Sense

  1. begetting children, father of a child by
  2. making fruitful

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative παιδογόνος παιδόγονον
Genitive παιδογόνου παιδογόνου
Dative παιδογόνῳ παιδογόνῳ
Accusative παιδογόνον παιδόγονον
Vocative παιδογόνε παιδόγονον
DualN/A/V παιδογόνω παιδογόνω
G/D παιδογόνοιν παιδογόνοιν
PluralNominative παιδογόνοι παιδόγονα
Genitive παιδογόνων παιδογόνων
Dative παιδογόνοις παιδογόνοις
Accusative παιδογόνους παιδόγονα
Vocative παιδογόνοι παιδόγονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective παιδογόνος παιδογόνου παιδογονότερος παιδογονοτέρου παιδογονότατος παιδογονοτάτου
Adverb παιδογόνως παιδογονότερον παιδογονότατα

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

  • ἐν δὲ τῷ περὶ φυτῶν ἐνιαχοῦ φησιν ὕδωρ γίνεσθαι παιδογόνον ὡσ ἐν Θεσπιαῖσ, ἐν Πύρρα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 15 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. begetting children

  2. making fruitful

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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