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τιθηνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τιθηνός τιθηνόν

Structure: τιθην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Qa/w, with redupl.

Sense

  1. nursing

Declension

First/Second 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

  • καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ τιθηνοὶ πρὸσ Ιου λέγοντεσ Παῖδέσ σου ἡμεῖσ, καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ποιήσομεν. οὐ βασιλεύσομεν ἄνδρα, τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ σου ποιήσομεν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 10:5)
  • τὰ δὲ νεογνὰ τῶν τέκνων, αἵ τε πρὸσ τούτοισ μητέρεσ καὶ τιθηνοὶ παραλιποῦσαι ἄλλωσ καὶ ἄλλωσ, αἱ μὲν κατ’ οἴκουσ, αἱ δὲ κατὰ τὰσ ἀγυιάσ, ἀνεπιστρέπτωσ εἰσ τὸ πανυπέρτατον ἱερὸν ἠθροίζοντο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:20)
  • καὶ ἔσονται βασιλεῖσ τιθηνοί σου, αἱ δὲ ἄρχουσαι τροφοί σου. ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆσ γῆσ προσκυνήσουσί σε καὶ τὸν χοῦν τῶν ποδῶν σου λείξουσι. καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριοσ, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται οἱ ὑπομένοντέσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 49:23)

Synonyms

  1. nursing

Related

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

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