Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τοκάς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τοκάς τοκάδος

Structure: τοκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. of or for breeding
  2. having just brought forth, with cubs, in labour

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔνθα οἱ ὤπασε θησαυρὸν δίδυμον μαντοσύνασ, τόκα μὲν φωνὰν ἀκούειν ψευδέων ἄγνωστον, εὖτ’ ἂν δὲ θρασυμάχανοσ ἐλθὼν Ἡρακλέησ, σεμνὸν θάλοσ Ἀλκαϊδᾶν, πατρὶ ἑορτάν τε κτίσῃ πλειστόμβροτον τεθμόν τε μέγιστον ἀέθλων, Ζηνὸσ ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτῳ βωμῷ τότ’ αὖ χρηστήριον θέσθαι κέλευσεν. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 21:2)
  • τεκμαίρει καί νυν Ἀλκιμίδασ τὸ συγγενὲσ ἰδεῖν ἄγχι καρποφόροισ ἀρούραισιν, αἵτ’ ἀμειβόμεναι τόκα μὲν ὦν βίον ἀνδράσιν ἐπηετανὸν πεδίων ἔδοσαν, τόκα δ’ αὖτ’ ἀναπαυσάμεναι σθένοσ ἔμαρψαν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 6 3:1)
  • εἰσὶν δὲ καὶ ψευδεῖσ ἀντιθέσεισ, οἱο͂ν καὶ Ἐπίχαρμοσ ἐποίει, τόκα μὲν ἐν τήνων ἐγὼν ἦν, τόκα δὲ παρὰ τήνοισ ἐγών. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 9 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for breeding

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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