τοκεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (compare τίκτω (tíktō) and τέκνον (téknon)) plus -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /to.kěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /toˈkeʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /toˈceɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /toˈcefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /toˈcefs/
Noun
τοκεύς • (tokeús) m (genitive τοκέως); third declension
- (chiefly in the plural) parent
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τοκεύς ho tokeús |
τὼ τοκῆ tṑ tokê |
οἱ τοκῆς / τοκεῖς hoi tokês / tokeîs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τοκέως toû tokéōs |
τοῖν τοκέοιν toîn tokéoin |
τῶν τοκέων tôn tokéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τοκεῖ tōî tokeî |
τοῖν τοκέοιν toîn tokéoin |
τοῖς τοκεῦσῐ / τοκεῦσῐν toîs tokeûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τοκέᾱ tòn tokéā |
τὼ τοκῆ tṑ tokê |
τοὺς τοκέᾱς toùs tokéās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τοκεῦ tokeû |
τοκῆ tokê |
τοκῆς / τοκεῖς tokês / tokeîs | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τοκεύς tokeús |
τοκῆε tokêe |
τοκῆες tokêes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοκῆος / τοκέος tokêos / tokéos |
τοκήοιν / τοκήοιῐν tokḗoi(ĭ)n |
τοκήων tokḗōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τοκῆῐ̈ / τοκέῐ̈ tokêĭ̈ / tokéĭ̈ |
τοκήοιν / τοκήοιῐν tokḗoi(ĭ)n |
τοκήεσσῐ / τοκήεσσῐν / τοκεῦσῐ / τοκεῦσῐν tokḗessĭ(n) / tokeûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τοκῆᾰ / τοκέᾰ tokêă / tokéă |
τοκῆε tokêe |
τοκῆᾰς tokêăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τοκεῦ tokeû |
τοκῆε tokêe |
τοκῆες tokêes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- parent idem, page 592.