ΑΜΑΤΕΚΝΟΙΣ, αματεκνοις
AMATEKNOIS, amateknois
Sounds Like: ah-mah-TEK-noys
Translations: childless, without children, without a mother, without a mother or children
From the root: ΑΜΗΤΩΡ, ΤΕΚΝΟΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from the alpha privative (meaning 'without'), 'mother', and 'child'. It describes someone who is without children, or without a mother, or both. It can be used to describe a person who has lost their children, or a woman who has never had children, or someone who is an orphan.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 10:14
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΜΗΤΩΡ, ΤΕΚΝΟΝ, appear in our texts.
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