ἄτεκνος

ateknos

without children, childless, barren

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8

1099b4
Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33

1162a28
History of Animals 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

577a3
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 582a34–583a13

582b13
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄτεκνος, ον, A. without children, childless, barren, Hes. Op. 602, A. Th. 828 (lyr.), S. El. 164 (lyr.), Arist. EN 1099b4, Tab.Heracl. 1.151, etc.; of animals and fishes, Arist. HA 577a3, GA 755b19: also c. gen., ἄ. ἀρσένων παίδων E. Ba. 1305. Adv. -νως Sch.E. Or. 206. II. in causal sense, λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄ. A. Eu. 785. [ἄτε¯κνος S. l. c., ἄτε˘κνος A. and E. ll.cc.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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