LOGOI

The corpus record

ὠμοτόκ-ος

omotokos

bringing forth immature offspring

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What it meant — LSJ

bringing forth immature offspring

bringing forth immature offspring, λέαινα Call. Cer. 53; ὠμοτόκους ὠδῖνας ἀπηρείσαντο λέαιναι Id. Del. 120 (referring to the shapelessness of the lion cub at birth): metaph. of a vine, AP 9.561 (Phil.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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