τελεσσίτοκος
From LSJ
ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος → work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness
English (LSJ)
τελεσσίτοκον, Ep. for Τελεσίτ-, completing the birth, Nonn. D. 48.890.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τελεσσίτοκος: -ον, Ἐπικ. ἀντὶ τελεσιτ-, ἡ τελειοποιοῦσα τὸν τοκετόν, Νόνν. Δ. 48. 8. 0.
Greek Monolingual
και τελεσίτοκος, -ον, Α
τελειοτόκος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. τελεσ- του τέλος + -τοκος (< τόκος < τίκτω), πρβλ. μνησί-τοκος, με διπλασιασμό του -σ- για διευθέτηση μετρικών αναγκών].
