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τίκ-τω,
[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.86, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τέξω [[ 11.249, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 493, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.β, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 851, 869, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 747, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1037 (Oracle texts), “Th.” 509; also τέξομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.99, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 469, 898, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 101, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 768, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 744, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry infinitive also τεκεῖσθαι [[ “hymnus ad Venerem” 127; _plural_ τεξείεσθε 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 124 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔτεκον, Epic dialect τέκον, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.352, 5.875 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 1 ἔτεξα only late, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 41.8 codices (for ἐντήξῃ] Refs 5th c.AD+] is probable reading in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 553)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέτοκα [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 591, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 757, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 64.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.13, compare ἐντίκτω] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, in same sense as active, only in Poets, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 127, “fragment” 44 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: future (see. above): aorist ἐτεκόμην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1193 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect τεκόμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.59, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive τέκηαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.905 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, present indicative τίκτεται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 437 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive τίκτεσθαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53; ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]participle τικτόμενος[[ [prev. work] 54 ] Refs]: future τεχθήσομαι [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.9.2, “Geoponica” 17.6.1, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐτέχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 18, Ps.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1132.44, LXX.Num.26.60 (variant), +others, “Geoponica” 17.6.2, etc.: ] LXX+5th c.BC+]perfect τέτεγμαι, infinitive τετέχθαι, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.7.7, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]--These passive tenses seem not to have been used in correct Attic dialect:—bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth.
Close Browse lexicon entries __I imperfect active τίκτε, ἔτικτε, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] usually of the father, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.628, 6.155, 206, 11.224, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 44 (of the mother, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.180, 22.428, 24.497, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.325); in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (“Frr.” 17,142)] Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, and Trag. the present and imperfect are also used of the mother, ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.85, compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 18.50; μᾶτερ, ἅ μ᾽ ἔτικτες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 321 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 763 (Lyric poetry, of Υβρις), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 533 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν[[ [prev. work] 770, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151a, etc.; τ. καὶ γεννᾷ [prev. author] “Smp.” 206d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of both parents. Στάσις δὲ καὶ Κρόνος.. τίκτετον τύραννον [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 240. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 aorist active τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.36, 352, 2.513, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+] (also future middle τέξεσθαι [[ 19.99); τεκεῖν τινά τινι 2.658, 6.22, etc.; ὑπό τινι 2.714, 728, etc.; τ. ἔκ τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 20; παρά τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 42; παρά τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 62: but τέκεν] Refs 5th c.BC+] of the father, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.450, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.489, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 208, “fragment” 99.2: _metaphorically_, τῷ τεκόντι ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 212a. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 the aorist middle τέκετο is commonly used of the father, as [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.741, 6.154, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 19: but τέκετο] Refs 8th c.BC+] of the mother, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.742, 15.187, 22.48, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 46 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τῶν τεκομένων of the mother, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 419 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4 the two are conjoined, ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτεκε δ᾽ αἰόλος δράκων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 834 (codices, Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 aorist active is used in plural of both parents, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.55, 8.554 (οὓς Ἑκάβη ἠδὲ Πρίαμος τέκε παῖδας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.234)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; aorist middle τεκόμεσθα, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.61, 24.293. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.5.b οἱ τεκόντες the parents, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 49, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 999, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the Article is rarely omitted, πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 329 (Lyric poetry): with _genitive_, κιόντων τοῖς τεκοῦσι [prev. author] “Pers.” 245 (troch.): ὁ τεκών] Refs 4th c.BC+] the father, [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 690, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1108 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 926 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ch.” 133, etc. (rarely ἡ τίκτουσα, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1247, “El.” 342); in Prose, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; ὅ τ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τεκών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 335. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 frequently in in Medicine texts and other Prose, of women, τίκτουσι ῥηϊδίως [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5,compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.54, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.670; κόρον ἔτεκε “IG” 42(1).121.5, compare 21 (Epid., 4th c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of female animals, bear young, breed, of mares, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.150, 20.225 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of cows, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 591 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of sheep, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.86, etc.; τὰς τετοκυίας τοκάδας “PCair.Zen.” 292.305, compare 710.4 (3rd c.BC); ἐὰν τέκῃ ἵππος [prev. work] 635.2 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the hare, τὰ μὲν τέτοκε, τὰ δὲ τίκτει, τὰ δὲ κύει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, hatch, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.313 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ τ. lay eggs, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 185, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 718b23, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, spawn, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 568a16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.718, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.113; ἡ γῆ.. τίκτουσα ποίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 333 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, γαῖαν.., ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 127, compare “fragment” 44.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς.. εὐχόμεθ᾽ ἀεί [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 674 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__IV metaphorically, generate, engender, produce, λέγω τὴν χώρην λιμὸν τέξεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49; ἐπειχθῆναι πρῆγμα τίκτει σφάλματα [prev. work] 10.ζ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of impiety, τὸ γὰρ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 759 (Lyric poetry), compare 763 (Lyric poetry, compare above 1.1), “Ch.” 805 (Lyric poetry); ἡ ἐπιθυμία τ. ἁμαρτίαν NT.Jam.1.15; μὴ θράσος τέκῃ φόβον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 498 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς.. τεκούσης φῶς τόδ᾽ εὐφρόνης [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 279; ὃν αἰόλα νὺξ.. τίκτει.., Ἅλιον αἰτῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 95 (Lyric poetry): generally, τ. [νόμους] [prev. author] “OT” 870 (Lyric poetry); χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ᾽ ἀεί [prev. author] “Aj.” 522; τ. ἀοιδάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 767 (Lyric poetry); ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 199; τ. ῥήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1059 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Prose, νουσήματα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ χυμῶν” 12; ἃ ἀεὶ τίκτει πόλεμον καὶ ἔχθραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547a; πολλοὺς καὶ καλοὺς λόγους [prev. author] “Smp.” 210d; [δὰς] πῦρ τέξεται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τῷδε κέρδει (sic codices) κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 437. (τίκτω from τί-τκ-ω reduplicate from τεκ (τέκνον, etc.).) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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