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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

  • τοκάδα γὰρ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἔχει. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:9)
  • διὰ γὰρ τὴν πολυχειρίαν καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν χορηγίαν μεγάλα συμβαίνει τὰ συβόσια κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ὑπάρχειν, καὶ μάλιστα [τὴν παλαίαν], παρά τε τοῖσ Τυρρηνικοῖσ καὶ Γαλάταισ, ὥστε τὴν μίαν τοκάδα χιλίουσ ἐκτρέφειν ὗσ, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ πλείουσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 4 8:1)

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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