procreate

From LSJ

Πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ → Boni parentis ira nulla in filium → Ein guter Vater zürnt nicht gegen seinen Sohn

Menander, Monostichoi, 451

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

P. and V. γεννᾶν, τίκτειν, σπείρειν (Plato), παιδοποιεῖν (or mid.) (used absol.), φυτεύειν (rare P.), φιτεύειν (Plato but rare P.), φύω, φύειν (rare P.), V. γείνασθαι; (1st aor. of γείνεσθαι) (also Xen. but rare P.), τεκνοῦν (or mid.), ἐκφύειν, ἐκτεκνοῦσθαι, κατασπείρειν.