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τεκνοποιί̈α

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεκνοποιί̈α

Structure: τεκνοποιϊ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. production of children

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

  • τὴν τεκνοποιίαν ἀόριστον ὡσ ἱκανῶσ ἀνομαλισθησομένην εἰσ τὸ αὐτὸ πλῆθοσ διὰ τὰσ ἀτεκνίασ ὁσωνοῦν γεννωμένων, ὅτι δοκεῖ τοῦτο καὶ νῦν συμβαίνειν περὶ τὰσ πόλεισ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 111:1)
  • μᾶλλον δὲ δεῖν ὑπολάβοι τισ ἂν ὡρίσθαι τῆσ οὐσίασ τὴν τεκνοποιίαν, ὥστε ἀριθμοῦ τινὸσ μὴ πλείονα γεννᾶν, τοῦτο δὲ τιθέναι τὸ πλῆθοσ ἀποβλέποντα πρὸσ τὰσ τύχασ, ἂν συμβαίνῃ τελευτᾶν τινασ τῶν γεννηθέντων, καὶ πρὸσ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ἀτεκνίαν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 114:1)
  • καὶ ὁ περὶ τὴν τεκνοποιίαν νόμοσ πρὸσ ταύτην τὴν διόρθωσιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 221:1)
  • ἔστι δ’ ὁ τῶν νέων συνδυασμὸσ φαῦλοσ πρὸσ τὴν τεκνοποιίαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 278:1)
  • δεῖ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἤδη θεωρεῖν πρὸσ τὴν τεκνοποιίαν τά τε παρὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν λεγόμενα καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῶν φυσικῶν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 284:2)

Synonyms

  1. production of children

Related

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

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