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τίκτω

τίκτω, τίκτω, (of father) beget, sire; (of mother) bring into the world, give birth to; (in general) bear, produce, generate

τίκ-τω, Od. 4.86, etc.: fut. τέξω 11.249, h.Merc. 493, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.92.βʹ, A. Pr. 851, 869, E. Tr. 747, Ar. Eq. 1037 (Orac.), Th. 509; also τέξομαι Il. 19.99, Hes. Th. 469, 898, h.Ap. 101, A. Pr. 768, Hdt. 7.49, Ar. Lys. 744, etc.; poet. inf. also τεκεῖσθαι h.Ven. 127; pl. τεξείεσθε Arat. 124: aor. ἔτεκον, Ep. τέκον, Il. 1.352, 5.875, etc.: aor. 1 ἔτεξα only late, Orph. H. 41.8 codd. (for ἐντήξῃ is prob. l. in Ar. Lys. 553): pf. τέτοκα Hes. Op. 591, Hp. Aph. 5.39, Ar. Pax 757, Pl.Com. 64.5, X. Cyn. 5.13, cf. ἐντίκτω:—Med., in same sense as Act., only in Poets, A. Ch. 127, Fr. 44: fut. (v. supr.): aor. ἐτεκόμην Ar. Av. 1193 (lyr.), Ep. τεκόμην Il. 4.59, al.; subj. τέκηαι A.R. 1.905:—Pass., pres. indic. τίκτεται A. Th. 437; inf. τίκτεσθαι Sor. 2.53; part. τικτόμενος ib. 54: fut. τεχθήσομαι J. AJ 2.9.2, Gp. 17.6.1, etc.: aor. ἐτέχθην Hp. Superf. 18, Ps.-E. Fr. 1132.44, LXX Nu. 26.60 (v.l.), al., Gp. 17.6.2, etc.: pf. τέτεγμαι, inf. τετέχθαι, Ael. NA 2.12, Paus. 3.7.7, etc.--These pass. tenses seem not to have been used in correct Att.:—
  • bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth.
    • I impf. Act. τίκτε, ἔτικτε, in Hom. usu. of the father, Il. 2.628, 6.155, 206, 11.224, cf. Hes. Fr. 44 (of the mother, Il. 16.180, 22.428, 24.497, Od. 23.325); in Hes. (Frr. 17,142), Lyr., and Trag. the pres. and impf. are also used of the mother, ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν Pi. O. 6.85, cf. B. 18.50; μᾶτερ, ἅ μʼ ἔτικτες A. Eu. 321 (lyr.), cf. Ag. 763 (lyr., of Ὕβρις), S. El. 533; δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν ib. 770, cf. Pl. Tht. 151a, etc.; τ. καὶ γεννᾷ Id. Smp. 206d; of both parents. Στάσις δὲ καὶ Κρόνος . . τίκτετον τύραννον Cratin. 240.
      • 2 aor. Act. τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, Il. 1.36, 352, 2.513, etc. (also fut. Med. τέξεσθαι 19.99); τεκεῖν τινά τινι 2.658, 6.22, etc.; ὑπό τινι 2.714, 728, etc.; τ. ἔκ τινος Plu. Thes. 20; παρά τινος Luc. Alex. 42; παρά τινι E. El. 62: but τέκεν of the father, Il. 13.450, Od. 3.489, al., Hes. Th. 208, Fr. 99.2: metaph., τῷ τεκόντι ἀρετήν Pl. Smp. 212a.
      • 3 the aor. Med. τέκετο is commonly used of the father, as Il. 2.741, 6.154, al., Hes. Fr. 19: but τέκετο of the mother, Il. 2.742, 15.187, 22.48, Hes. Fr. 46; so τῶν τεκομένων of the mother, A. Ch. 419 (lyr.).
      • 4 the two are conjoined, ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτεκε δʼ αἰόλος δράκων S. Tr. 834 (codd., lyr.).
      • 5 aor. Act. is used in pl. of both parents, Od. 7.55, 8.554 (οὓς Ἑκάβη ἠδὲ Πρίαμος τέκε παῖδας Il. 22.234); aor. Med. τεκόμεσθα, Od. 23.61, 24.293.
        • b οἱ τεκόντες the parents, A. Th. 49, S. OT 999, etc.; the Art. is rarely omitted, πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων A. Ch. 329 (lyr.): c. gen., κιόντων τοῖς τεκοῦσι Id. Pers. 245 (troch.): ὁ τεκών the father, Id. Ch. 690, S. OC 1108; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, A. Th. 926 (lyr.), cf. Ch. 133, etc. (rarely ἡ τίκτουσα, S. OT 1247, El. 342); in Prose, Lys. 10.8; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, Hdt. 1.116; ὅ τʼ ἐκεῖνον τεκών E. El. 335.
      • 6 freq. in Medic. and other Prose, of women, τίκτουσι ῥηϊδίως Hp. Aër. 5, cf. Sor. 2.54, al., Gal. 16.670; κόρον ἔτεκε IG 42(1).121.5, cf. 21 (Epid., iv B.C.).
    • II of female animals, bear young, breed, of mares, Il. 16.150, 20.225; of cows, Hes. Op. 591; of sheep, Od. 4.86, etc.; τὰς τετοκυίας τοκάδας PCair.Zen. 292.305, cf. 710.4 (iii B.C.); ἐὰν τέκῃ ἵππος ib. 635.2 (iii B.C.); of the hare, τὰ μὲν τέτοκε, τὰ δὲ τίκτει, τὰ δὲ κύει X. Cyn. 5.13; of birds, hatch, Il. 2.313; ᾠὰ τ. lay eggs, Hdt. 2.68, Ar. Fr. 185, Arist. GA 718b23, etc.; of fish, spawn, Id. HA 568a16, Gal. 6.718, etc.
    • III of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) Od. 19.113; ἡ γῆ . . τίκτουσα ποίαν E. Cyc. 333:—Med., γαῖαν . ., ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται A. Ch. 127, cf. Fr. 44.4:—Pass., τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς . . εὐχόμεθʼ ἀεί Id. Supp. 674 (lyr.).
    • IV metaph., generate, engender, produce, λέγω τὴν χώρην λιμὸν τέξεσθαι Hdt. 7.49; ἐπειχθῆναι πρῆγμα τίκτει σφάλματα ib. 10.ζ; of impiety, τὸ γὰρ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει A. Ag. 759 (lyr.), cf. 763 (lyr., cf. supr. I.1), Ch. 805 (lyr.); ἡ ἐπιθυμία τ. ἁμαρτίαν Ep.Jac. 1.15; μὴ θράσος τέκῃ φόβον A. Supp. 498; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς . . τεκούσης φῶς τόδʼ εὐφρόνης Id. Ag. 279; ὃν αἰόλα νὺξ . . τίκτει . ., Ἅλιον αἰτῶ S. Tr. 95 (lyr.): generally, τ. [νόμους] Id. OT 870 (lyr.); χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσʼ ἀεί Id. Aj. 522; τ. ἀοιδάς E. HF 767 (lyr.); ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν Cratin. 199; τ. ῥήματα Ar. Ra. 1059 (anap.); also in Prose, νουσήματα Hp. Hum. 12; ἃ ἀεὶ τίκτει πόλεμον καὶ ἔχθραν Pl. R. 547a; πολλοὺς καὶ καλοὺς λόγους Id. Smp. 210d; [δὰς] πῦρ τέξεται X. Cyr. 7.5.23, etc.:—Pass., τῷδε κέρδει (sic codd.) κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται A. Th. 437. (τίκτω fr. τί-τκ-ω redupl. fr. τεκ (τέκνον, etc.).)

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