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τεκνοποι-έω , in Act., of the woman,
A.bear children, in Med., of the man, beget them, cf. X.Mem.2.2.4 and 5; “μὴ τεκνοποιεῖσθαι ἐξ ἔλλης γυναικός” PEleph.1.9 (iv B.C.) (but D.S. reverses this usage, cf. 1.73, 4.29); Med., of both parents, breed children, X.Mem.4.4.22 sq., Arist.HA585b10; in Med., also, have children begotten for one, X.Lac.1.7, LXX Ge.16.2, 30.3, POxy.465.154 (ii A.D.).
II. Med., of birds, Arist.HA597a11.
III. Med., adopt a child, UPZ4.5 (ii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 30.3
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.2.4
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 4.4.22
    • Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, 1.7
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 16.2
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.73
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 4.29
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