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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

  • Φεἰδευ τᾶν ἐρίφων, φείδευ λύκε τᾶν τοκάδων μευ, μηδ’ ἀδίκει μ’, ὅτι μικκὸσ ἐὼν πολλαῖσιν ὁμαρτέω. (Theocritus, Idylls, 50)
  • φεύγετε, Κρῆσσαι κεμμάδεσ, ἐκ τοκάδων τέκνα διδασκόμεναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 268 1:2)

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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