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ὠκῠ-τόκος

okutokos

causing quick and easy birth

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Where it lives

  • Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k

What it meant — LSJ

causing quick and easy birth

causing quick and easy birth, σελήνη (i. e. Artemis), Tim. Fr. 28.

2 giving quick increase

of a river, ὠ. πεδίων ἐπινίσεται giving quick increase, S. OC 689 (lyr.).

II quick birth, easy delivery

ὠκύτοκον, τό, quick birth, easy delivery, Hdt. 4.35.

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Where it came from

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