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τεκνοποι-έω

teknopoieo

bear children

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What it meant

τεκνοποι-έω · teknopoi-eō — LSJ

bear children, beget them, breed children, have children begotten for one

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. HA 585b10; 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. HA 597a11.

III adopt

Med., adopt a child, UPZ 4.5 (ii B.C.).

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