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παιδοποι-έω

paidopoieo

beget children

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What it meant — LSJ

beget children, has been begotten

beget children, of the man, Luc. DDeor. 2[22].1; ἐκ γυναικός E. Heracl. 525: pf. Pass., ἐξ ἧσπερ ὁ βάσκανος οὗτος πεπαιδοποίηται has been begotten, D. 25.80.

2 bear children

bear children, of the woman, S. El. 589, Ar. Ec. 615, Sor. 1.29.

II

more commonly in Med., fut. -ήσομαι Pl. R. 449d: aor. ἐπαιδοποιησάμην E. Or. 1080, Pl. Lg. 868d, etc.: pf. πεπαιδοποίημαι Aeschin. 2.149, D.S. 16.6: abs., of the man, E. Or. 1080, Pl. R. 449d, X. Mem. 2.2.4, Men. 404.2; ἐκ γυναικός And. 4.23; ἐξ ἑταιρῶν Aeschin. 2.177: also c. acc., υἱόν D.S. 4.28.

2 adopt

f.l. for παῖδα ποιεῖσθαι, adopt, Plu. QPlat. 2.1000d.

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Where it came from

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