τόκος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=τόκου, ὁ (from [[τίκτω]], [[perfect]] [[τέτοκα]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[birth]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> the [[act]] of [[bringing]] [[forth]].<br /><b class="num">b.</b> [[that]] [[which]] has been brought [[forth]], [[offspring]]; (in [[both]] senses from Homer down).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[interest]] of [[money]], [[usury]] ([[because]] it multiplies [[money]], and as it were 'breeds' (cf. e. g. Merchant of Venice 1:3)): [[Pindar]] and [[Aristophanes]] [[down]]; the Sept. for נֶשֶׁך).