εὐτεκνία

euteknia

blessing of children

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 5
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Book I 4
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1360b20
1360b39
1361a1
1361a4
Book II 1
Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6

1391a32
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8

1099b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐτεκνία, poet. εὐτεκνίη, ἡ, A. blessing of children, εὐτεκνίας κύρσαι E. Ion 470 (lyr.); εὐτεκνίᾳ δυστυχίαν . . καθελεῖν Id. Supp. 66(lyr.), cf. Arist. Rh. 1361a1, EN 1099b3, Stoic. 3.24, IG 9(1).979; εὐ. παίδων Epigr. ap. Plu. Fr. 22.7; fruitfulness, IG 14.1615. II. personified, Εὐτεκνεία (sic) Syria 6.295 (Philippopolis). [-τε˘κ- in ll. cc. poet., and Theoc. 18.51.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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