τοκεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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