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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[furnish with children]] or [[stock with children]], τ. πόλιν παισί E.''HF''7:—Pass., [[τεκνοῦμαι]], [[τεκνόομαι]] = to [[be furnished with children]], i.e. to [[have children]], ἐξ οὗ 'τεκνώθη Λάϊος Id.''Ph.''868; ἀπελευθέρας ἀστοῦ τετεκνωμένης ἐξ Αἰγυπτίου ''PGnom.''134 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[engender]], [[procreate children]]; in Act., commonly of the [[man]], [[beget children]], Hes.''Fr.''138, E.''Ph.''19, ''Hel.''1146 (lyr.); [[νύμφη]]ς [[from]] a [[bride]], Id.''Med.''805, cf. ''Stud.Ital.''2.382 (Itanus): metaph., Ὀρφεὺς χέλυν ἐτέκνωσε Tim.''Pers.''235 (for [[τεκνοῦσα]] in S.''Tr.''308, v. [[τεκνοῦς]]):—Med., of the female, [[bear children]], ἀρχὴ ταῖς γυναιξὶ τοῦ τεκνοῦσθαι καὶ τοῖς ἄρρεσι τοῦ τεκνοῦν Arist.''HA''585a34: metaph., <b class="b3">ὄλβος τεκνοῦται</b> it has [[offspring]], A.''Ag.''754; μυρίας ὁ μυρίος χρόνος τεκνοῦται νύκτας ἡμέρας τε S.''OC''618; χθὼν ἐτεκνώσατο φάσματ' ὀνείρων E.''IT''1262 (lyr.):—but Med. is used of the man in Id.''Med.''574, ''BCH''1.599 (Delph., iv B.C.), Orph.''H.''29.7; of both parents, E.''Supp.''1087; and Act. of both parents, Arist.''GA''715b10, al.; τεκνώσασα μετ' αὐτοῦ ''CIG''4179 (Pontus); ἡ τεκνώσασα Sor.1.87:—Pass., to [[be born]], Pi.''I.''1.17: metaph., μὴ καὶ τεκνωθῇ δυσφορώτερος γόος A.''Th.''657; νόμοι.. δι' αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες S.''OT''867 (lyr.); <b class="b3">γάμον τεκνοῦντα καὶ τεκνούμενον</b>, i.e. a [[marriage]] [[where]] [[husband]] and [[son]] are [[one]], ib.1215 (lyr.); αὐτὴ δὲ τεκοῦσ' ὑπὸ τῆσδε τεκνοῦται Theodect.4.2 (hex.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Pass. also, to [[be adopted]], D.S.4.67.