λ377Λειπανδρεῖν
to be short of men, to lack manpower
[They say that] when the Athenians wanted to enlarge the population because they were short of men, they decreed that [it would be permissible for a citizen] to marry one woman and procreate [sc. legitimately] by…
Λειπανδρεῖν· βουληθέντας Ἀθηναίους διὰ τὸ λειπανδρεῖν αὐξῆσαι τὸ πλῆθος, ψηφίσασθαι γαμεῖν μὲν ἀστὴν μίαν, παιδοποιεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ ἐξ ἑτέρας. ὅθεν τοῦτο ποιῆσαι καὶ Σωκράτην.
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