τοκεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (compare τίκτω (tíktō) and τέκνον (téknon)) plus -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.kěu̯s/ → /toˈceɸs/ → /toˈcefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.kěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈkews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈceɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈcefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈcefs/

Noun

τοκεύς • (tokeús) m (genitive τοκέως); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) parent

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τοκεύς; τοῦ τοκέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τοκεύς ho tokeús	τὼ τοκῆ tṑ tokê	οἱ τοκῆς / τοκεῖς hoi tokês / tokeîs
Genitive	τοῦ τοκέως toû tokéōs	τοῖν τοκέοιν toîn tokéoin	τῶν τοκέων tôn tokéōn
Dative	τῷ τοκεῖ tôi tokeî	τοῖν τοκέοιν toîn tokéoin	τοῖς τοκεῦσῐ / τοκεῦσῐν toîs tokeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν τοκέᾱ tòn tokéā	τὼ τοκῆ tṑ tokê	τοὺς τοκέᾱς toùs tokéās
Vocative	τοκεῦ tokeû	τοκῆ tokê	τοκῆς / τοκεῖς tokês / tokeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τοκεύς; τοκῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τοκεύς tokeús	τοκῆε tokêe	τοκῆες tokêes
Genitive	τοκῆος / τοκέος tokêos / tokéos	τοκήοιῐν tokḗoiin	τοκήων tokḗōn
Dative	τοκῆῐ̈ / τοκέῐ̈ tokêï / tokéï	τοκήοιῐν tokḗoiin	τοκήεσσῐ / τοκήεσσῐν / τοκεῦσῐ / τοκεῦσῐν tokḗessi(n) / tokeûsi(n)
Accusative	τοκῆᾰ / τοκέᾰ tokêa / tokéa	τοκῆε tokêe	τοκῆᾰς tokêas
Vocative	τοκεῦ tokeû	τοκῆε tokêe	τοκῆες tokêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “τοκεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τοκεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τοκεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • parent idem, page 592.