εχιδνότοκος

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αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχοίην (Sappho, fr. 33 L-P) → Oh gold-crowned Aphrodite, if only this winning lot could fall to me

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Greek Monolingual

ἐχιδνότοκος, -ον (ΑΜ)
ο γεννημένος από έχιδνα
μσν.
μτφ. ο γεννημένος από αμαρτωλή ή κακεντρεχή γυναίκα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < έχιδνα + -τοκος (< τίκτω), πρβλ. αρτί-τοκος, πυρί-τοκος].