πρωτοτόκος

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πρῶτος (prôtos, first) +‎ τίκτω (tíktō, to beget) +‎ -ος (-os), with an active meaning. Compare the proparoxytonic form πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos), with a passive meaning.

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πρωτοτόκος (prōtotókosm or f (neuter πρωτοτόκον); second declension

  1. (of a mother) having her firstborn

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