τέκνωσις

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. HA 618a26.
II. adoption, D.S. 4.39.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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