τέκνον

τέκνον, τό, (τίκτω,--οὐκ ἔστι μήτηρ ἡ κεκλημένου τέκνου τοκεύς, τροφὸς δὲ . . A. Eu. 658),

• child, ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα Il. 2.136, al.; πατρὸς σωφροσύνη μέγιστον τέκνοις παράγγελμα Democr. 208, cf. 222; τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκες Hdt. 1.164, 2.30, SIG 569.10 (Cos, iii B.C.), al., Plb. 2.58.9, 9.39.3; γυναῖκες καὶ τ. Hdt. 6.19, al., Plb. 5.78.1 (cf. 10.34.3), SIG 633.46 (Milet., ii B.C.), BGU 1811.5 (i B.C.), etc.: the sg. is used by Hom. only in voc., as a form of address from elders to their youngers, my son, my child, sts. with masc. Adj., φίλε τέκνον Il. 22.84, Od. 2.363, al.: the relat. Pron. or Participle sts. follows in masc. or fem., Pi. Fr. 171, E. Supp. 12 sq., Tr. 740:—the word is used in Prose at Cyrene, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.160, and Epidaurus, IG 42(1).122.82 (iv B.C.), al., but is rarer than παῖς in Att. Prose, Lys. 2.74, 11.10, 12.96, D. 11.9, Din. 1.109; freq. in X., Lac. 1.8, al., also Arist., Pol. 1253b7, al., and later, PPetr. 3p.237 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 620.9 (iii B.C.), LXX Ge. 3.16, al., PAmh. 2.35.55 (ii B.C.), Plb. (v. supr.); rare in Com. exc. in paratragoedic passages, Ar. Ach. 891, al.; in Trag. it is generally used with espec. reference to the mother, ὦ τέκνον Νηρῇδος, ὦ παῖ Πηλέως E. IA 896 (troch.); Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ (sic codd.) καὶ Κλυταιμήστρας τέκνον Id. IT 238.
• • • 2 of animals,young, Od. 16.217, Il. 2.311, 12.170, al., A. Th. 292 (lyr.), Hdt. 2.66, 3.102, 109, X. Cyr. 4.1.17, Arist. GA 753a8, etc.
    • 3 metaph., flowers are γαίας τέκνα A. Pers. 618; birds αἰθέρος τέκνα E. El. 897; frogs λιμναῖα κρηνῶν τ. Ar. Ra. 211, etc. [The penult. is long in Hom.; it is occasionally long in Trag.(e.g. S. Ph. 249, 260, 875, 914), but much more freq. short, as always in old Com., e.g. Ar. Lys. 7, Th. 469, al., except in mock Tragic passages, e.g. Ar. V. 1518 (lyr.); but sts. long in later Com., Antiph. 163.6.]

τέκνον, τό (τίκτω, τεκεῖν), das Erzeugte, Geborene, das Kind, Sohn u. Tochter ; Hom. hat im sing. nur den vocat., wie Hes., Pind., Tragg.; häufig in der Anrede auch Aelterer an Jüngere übh.; der plur., die Kinder, Hom. u. Tragg., wie in Prosa häufig ; ἡμέτεραί τʼ ἄλοχοί τε καὶ νήπια τέκνα, Il. 2.136, u. öfter ; wie in φίλε τέκνον, Il. 22.84, Od. 2.363 u. sonst, wird häufig das Relativ-Pronomen od. ein partic. im masc. u. fem. nach dem eigentlichen Geschlechte des jedesmal erwähnten Kindes hinzugefügt ; Eur. Suppl. 12 ff. Andr. 571, Troad. 758. – Auch von Tieren, das Junge ; Il. 2.311, 11.113, 19.400, Od. 16.217 ; Her. 3.109 ff.; der Taube, Aesch. Spt. 273, der auch die Blumen παμφόρου γαίας τέκνα nennt, Pers. 610 ; Eur. nennt die Vögel αἰθέρος τέκνα, El. 897 ; Junge des Schweines, Xen. Cyr. 4.1.17, der Hasen, Cyn. 5.24 ; Arist. H.A. 6.18 u. sonst.

τέκνον

τό

[τεκ-, τίκτω.]

• • 1

    In pl., offspring, children : νήπια τέκνα Il. 2.136, σὰ τέκνα Il. 24.542. Cf. Il. 2.871, Il. 6.196, Il. 9.594, Il. 18.337, etc. : Od. 11.249, Od. 12.42, Od. 13.45, Od. 14.223, Od. 19.266, etc.

    Of the offspring or young of a bird, animal or insect : στρουθοῖο τέκνα Il. 2.311. Cf. Il. 11.113, Il. 12.170, Il. 19.400, etc. : Od. 16.217.

  • 2

    In voc. sing. and pl.

  • • a

      In address by a parent to his or her child or children: φίλε τέκνον Il. 22.84, κακὰ τέκνα Il. 24.253. Cf. Il. 1.362, 414, Il. 21.379, etc. : Od. 1.64, Od. 3.418, Od. 16.226, etc.

    • b

      In affectionate address by an elder not a parent Il. 10.192 : Od. 2.363, Od. 3.254, Od. 4.78, Od. 19.492, Od. 23.26, etc.

τέκνον (-ον voc.; -οισιν, -α.)

• 1child “ὄρσο, τέκνον” O. 6.62 τέκνοισιν ὠκείας γνάθους ἀμφελίξασθαι μεμαῶτες N. 1.42 Ἐλείθυια, γενέτειρα τέκνων N. 7.2 ταὐτὰ δὲ τρὶς τετράκι τʼ ἀμπολεῖν ἀπορία τελέθει, τέκνοισιν ἅτε μαψυλάκας, Διὸς Κόρινθος N. 7.105 “ὦ τέκνον” fr. 43. 1. κατὰ μὲν φίλα τέκνʼ ἔπεφνεν θάλλοντας ἥβᾳ δώδεκ fr. 171.

τέκνον (τίκτω): child; freq. in endearing or conciliatory address, Il. 22.84, Od. 2.363. Of animals, young.

τέκνον, ου, τό, τίκτω

• • • 1that which is borne or born, a child (cf. Scottish bairn, from Anglo-S. beran, to bear), Hom., etc.; my son, my child, sometimes with masc. adj., φίλε τέκνον Hom.; the relat. Pron. or Participle often follows in masc. or fem.
    • 2of animals, the young, Hom., etc.
    • 3metaph., flowers are γαίας τέκνα Aesch.; birds αἰθέρος τέκνα Eur. The penult. is long in Hom., in Trag. more often short.