τέκνον, τό,
(τίκτω,--οὐκ ἔστι μήτηρ ἡ κεκλημένου τέκνου τοκεύς, τροφὸς δὲ.. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 658)] Refs 4th c.BC+], child, ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.136, +others; πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 208, compare 222; τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164, 2.30, “SIG” 569.10 (Cos, 3rd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.58.9, 9.39.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γυναῖκες καὶ τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.19, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.78.1 (compare 10.34.3), “SIG” 633.46 (Milet., 2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1811.5 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: the singular is used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in vocative, as a form of address from elders to their youngers, my son, my child, sometimes with masculine adjective, φίλε τέκνον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.84, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.363, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: the relative pronoun or Participle sometimes follows in masculine or feminine, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 171, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 12f, “Tr.” 740 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—the word is used in Prose at Cyrene, [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160, and Epidaurus, “IG” 42(1).122.82 (4th c.BC), +others, but is rarer than παῖς] Refs 4th c.BC+] in Attic dialect Prose, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.74, 11.10, 12.96, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.109; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Lac.” 1.8, +others, also 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, “Pol.” 1253b7, +others, and later, “PPetr.” 3p.237 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 620.9 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.3.16, +others, “PAmh.” 2.35.55 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus (see. above)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; rare in Comedy texts except in paratragoedic passages, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 891, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Trag. it is generally used with especially reference to the mother, ὦ τέκνον Νηρῇδος, ὦ παῖ Πηλέως [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 896 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ (sic codices) καὶ Κλυταιμήστρας τέκνον [[ [prev. author] “IT” 238. ] Refs]