τοκεύς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (compare τίκτω (tíktō) and τέκνον (téknon)) plus -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τοκεύς (tokeúsm (genitive τοκέως); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) parent

Declension

Further reading

  • τοκεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τοκεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τοκεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.