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πολυγονία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυγονία

Structure: πολυγονι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from polu/gonos

Sense

  1. fecundity

Declension

First declension

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

  • ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν φυτοῖσ ποτὲ μὲν πολυκαρπίαι γίγνονται ποτὲ δ’ ἀκαρπίαι, καὶ ἐν ζῴοισ ποτὲ μὲν πολυγονίαι ποτὲ δὲ καὶ ἀγονίαι, καὶ ἐν θαλάττῃ εὐδίαι τε καὶ χειμῶνεσ, οὕτω καὶ ἐν βίῳ πολλαὶ καὶ ποικίλαι περιστάσεισ γιγνόμεναι πρὸσ τὰσ ἐναντίασ περιάγουσι τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ τύχασ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 51)

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

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