τέκνωσις

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σιτία εἰς ἀμίδα μὴ ἐμβάλλειν → cast not pearls before swine, do not throw pearls before swine

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Transliteration A: téknōsis Transliteration B: teknōsis Transliteration C: teknosis Beta Code: te/knwsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A begetting, bearing, τέκνωσιν ποιεῖσθαι to have children, Th.2.44; γίγνεται ἡ τ. τινός Agathocl.2; τὴν τ. ποιεῖσθαι, of birds, Arist.HA618a26.    II adoption, D.S.4.39.