Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηλυτόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηλυτόκος θηλυτόκον

Structure: θηλυτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. giving birth to girls

Examples

  • ἦ γὰρ ἅπασαι ζωοτόκοι τ’ ἦσαν περιώσια θηλυτόκοι τε. (Theocritus, Idylls, 55)

Synonyms

  1. giving birth to girls

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

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