τοκεύς
tokeus
one who begets, father
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τοκεύς, έως, ὁ, (τίκτω) A. one who begets, father, Th. 138, 155: generally, begetter, τέκνου τ. Eu. 659:—in and mostly in pl., parents, Od. 1.170, Op. 185, al. (in dual, τοκῆε δύω Od. 8.312); so in Trag., Pers. 580 (lyr.), al., Hec. 403, al. (not in , exc. f.l. in El. 187 (lyr.)); also in Prose, 1.122,3.52, 2.44, 2.75, Mem. 2.1.33, etc.; of animals, Th. 620, Al. 563.— and commonly have the Ep. forms τοκῆες, τοκῆας, τοκήων (Il. 15.663, al., more rarely τοκέων ib.660, 21.587); τοκεῦσι 4.477, al.; gen. τοκήων also in Supp. 25.12, Supp. 5.10, Ag. 728 (lyr., dub. l.); dat. τοκέσι IG 3.1311.
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