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

  • ὅσαι δὲ τοκάδεσ ἦσαν, ἐκπαγλούμεναι τέκν’ ἐν χεροῖν ἔπαλλον, ὡσ πρόσω πατρὸσ γένοιντο, διαδοχαῖσ ἀμείβουσαι χερῶν· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 3:6)
  • ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῳ πεντήκοντα σύεσ χαμαιευνάδεσ ἐρχατόωντο, θήλειαι τοκάδεσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 2:5)
  • καὶ γὰρ τοκάδεσ αἱ γυναῖκεσ καὶ τρέφειν ἀγαθαί, οἱ δ’ ἄνδρεσ μαχηταὶ μᾶλλον ἢ γεωργοί· (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 4:11)

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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