τίκτω

τίκ-τω, Od.4.86, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

τέξω 11.249

, h.Merc.493, Orac. ap. Hdt.5.92.β, 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

: [tense] aor. ἔτεκον, [dialect] Ep. τέκον, Il.1.352, 5.875, etc.: [tense] aor. 1 ἔτεξα only late, Orph.H.41.8 codd. (for ἐντήξῃ is prob. l. in Ar.Lys.553): [tense] pf.

τέτοκα Hes.Op.591

, Hp.Aph.5.39, Ar.Pax757, Pl.Com.64.5, X.Cyn.5.13, cf. ἐντίκτω:—[voice] Med., in same sense as [voice] Act., only in Poets, A.Ch.127, Fr.44: [tense] fut. (v. supr.): [tense] aor.

ἐτεκόμην Ar.Av.1193

(lyr.), [dialect] Ep.

τεκόμην Il.4.59

, al.; subj.

τέκηαι A.R.1.905

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pres. indic.

τίκτεται A.Th.437

; inf.

τίκτεσθαι Sor.2.53

; part. τικτόμενος ib.54: [tense] fut.

τεχθήσομαι J.AJ2.9.2

, Gp.17.6.1, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐτέχθην Hp.Superf.18

, Ps.-E.Fr.1132.44, LXX Nu.26.60 (v.l.),al., Gp.17.6.2, etc.: [tense] pf. τέτεγμαι, inf. τετέχθαι, Ael.NA2.12, Paus.3.7.7, etc.--These pass. tenses seem not to have been used in correct [dialect] Att.:—bring into the world, engender; of the father, beget, of the mother, bring forth.

I [tense] impf. [voice] 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 [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. are also used of the mother,

ἃ Θήβαν ἔτικτεν Pi.O.6.85

, cf. B.18.50;

μᾶτερ, ἅ μ' ἔτικτες A.Eu.321

(lyr.), cf. Ag.763 (lyr., of Υβρις), 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 [tense] aor. [voice] Act. τέκε, ἔτεκε, mostly of the mother, Il.1.36,352, 2.513, etc. (also [tense] fut. [voice] 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 [tense] aor. [voice] 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 δ' αἰόλος δράκων S.Tr.834

(codd., lyr.).

5 [tense] aor. [voice] Act. is used in pl. of both parents, Od.7.55, 8.554 (

οὓς Ἑκάβη ἠδὲ Πρίαμος τέκε παῖδας Il. 22.234

); [tense] aor. [voice] Med. τεκόμεσθα, Od.23.61,24.293.

b οἱ τεκόντες the parents, A.Th.49, S.OT999, 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.OC1108; ἁ τεκοῦσα the mother, A.Th.926 (lyr.), cf. Ch.133, etc. (rarely ἡ τίκτουσα, S. OT1247, El.342); in Prose, Lys.10.8; ἡ τ. αὐτόν his mother, Hdt. 1.116;

ὅ τ' 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 IG42(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.GA718b23, etc.; of fish, spawn, Id.HA568a16, Gal.6.718, etc.

III of the earth, bear, produce, ἔμπεδα μῆλα (sheep) Od. 19.113;

ἡ γῆ . . τίκτουσα ποίαν E.Cyc.333

:—[voice] Med.,

γαῖαν . . , ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται A.Ch.127

, cf. Fr.44.4:—[voice] Pass.,

τίκτεσθαι δὲ φόρους γᾶς . . εὐχόμεθ' 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. 1.1), 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 τόδ' εὐφρόνης Id.Ag.279

;

ὃν αἰόλα νὺξ . . τίκτει . . , Ἅλιον αἰτῶ S.Tr.95

(lyr.): generally, τ. [νόμους] Id.OT870 (lyr.);

χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ' ἀεί Id.Aj.522

;

τ. ἀοιδάς E.HF767

(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.:—[voice] Pass., τῷδε κέρδει (sic codd.)

κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται A.Th.437

. (τίκτω fr. τί-τκ-ω redupl. fr. τεκ (τέκνον, etc.).)