τόκος, ὁ,
(τίκτω) childbirth, parturition, of women, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.119, “hymnus ad Cererem” 101, “IG” 42(1).121.15,17 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.5; πλὴν ὅταν τ. παρῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 477; ποιεῖσθαι τὸν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542a25, etc.: _plural_, τόκοισί τε ἀγόνοις γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 26, compare 173 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1031, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b the time of parturition, ὁ τ. τῆς γυναικός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; period of gestation, ἐνιαύσιος ὁ τ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__c ἡ φύσις τοῦ παιδίου τοῦ ἐν τόκῳ in the foetal stage, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Nat.Puer.” at Title Page (as cited in “Mul.” 1.1). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II offspring, of men or animals, πάντων Ἀργείων ἐρέων γενεήν τε τόκον τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.128, compare 15.141 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle, ἐλθὼν ἐξ ὄρεος, ὅθι οἱ γενεή τε τόκος τε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.175; μήλων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 162 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Οἰδίπον τ. his son, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 372, compare 407, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but also, daughter, θεὰ γεγῶσα καὶ θεοῦ πατρὸς τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” [1254])] Refs 5th c.BC+]; fry of fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543a4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; litter of pigs, πασῶν τῶν συῶν ἀπὸ τόκου χοῖρον λαμβάνειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]