μουσοτόκος

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μουσοτόκος: ἡ, ἡ τὰς μούσας τεκοῦσα, μεταγεν.

Greek Monolingual

μουσοτόκος, ἡ (Α)
μητέρα τών Μουσών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μοῦσα + -τόκος (< τόκος < τίκτω), πρβλ. θεο-τόκος.