τέκνον,τό, (
A.
τίκτω,--οὐκ ἔστι μήτηρ ἡ κεκλημένου τέκνου τοκεύς, τροφὸς δὲ . .
A. Eu. 658
),child, ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα
Il. 2.136
, al.; πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα
Democr. 208
, cf. 222 ; τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκες
Hdt. 1.164
, 2.30 , SIG 569.10 (Cos,iii B.C.), al., Plb. 2.58.9 , 9.39.3 ;γυναῖκες καὶ τ. Hdt. 6.19 , al., Plb. 5.78.1 (cf. 10.34.3 ), SIG 633.46 (Milet.,ii B.C.), BGU 1811.5
(i B.C.), etc.: the sg. is used by Hom. only in voc., as a form of address from elders to their youngers,my son, my child, sts. with masc.Adj., φίλε τέκνον
Il. 22.84
, Od. 2.363 , al.: the relat. Pron. or Participle sts. follows in masc. or fem., Pi. Fr. 171 , E. Supp. 12 sq., Tr. 740 :—the word is used in Prose at Cyrene, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.160 , and Epidaurus, IG 42(1).122.82