Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πεντηκοντάπαις

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντηκοντάπαις

Sense

  1. consisting of fifty children
  2. having fifty children

Examples

  • πέμπτη δ’ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ γέννα πεντηκοντάπαισ πάλιν πρὸσ Ἄργοσ οὐχ ἑκοῦσ’ ἐλεύσεται θηλύσποροσ, φεύγουσα συγγενῆ γάμον ἀνεψιῶν· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 12:4)
  • Δαναόσ, ἀδελφὸσ δ’ ἐστὶ πεντηκοντάπαισ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 7:26)

Synonyms

  1. having fifty children

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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