τέκος,εος,τό, Ep. dat. pl.
A.
τέκεσσι
Il. 5.71
, al., τεκέεσσι
3.160
, al.:—poet. forτέκνον, 18.63 , 24.36 , al., Hes. Sc. 216 , al.; as a term of endearment from elders to their youngers, φίλον τέκος
Il. 9.437
, 444 , etc.: also in Alc. Supp. 10.7 , Pi. I. 6(5).30 , B. 6.13 , al., A. Th. 203 , 677 , E. HF 439 , Hec. 475 (mostly lyr.).
2. of animals, Il. 8.248 : esp. in pl.the young, 12.222 , al., Ar. Pl. 292 .
3. metaph., δυσσεβίας μὲν ὕβρις τέκος
A. Eu. 534
(lyr.).