"τέκνον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /té.knon/, /ˈte.knon/, /ˈte.knon/, /té.knon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte.knon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈte.knon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈte.knon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈte.knon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *téknon, from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-, perhaps via τίκτω (tíktō, “I bear”). Cognates include Old English þegn (“servant”), Old High German degan and possibly Sanskrit तोक (toka, “offspring, child”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*teḱ-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*téknon}} Proto-Hellenic *téknon, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*teḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-, {{m|grc|τίκτω||I bear}} τίκτω (tíktō, “I bear”), {{cog|ang|þegn||servant}} Old English þegn (“servant”), {{cog|goh|degan}} Old High German degan, {{cog|sa|तोक||offspring, child}} Sanskrit तोक (toka, “offspring, child”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τέκνου|n|second}} τέκνον • (téknon) n (genitive τέκνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τέκνον|ου}} Forms: téknon [romanization], τέκνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ τέκνον [nominative, singular], τὼ τέκνω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ τέκνᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ τέκνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν τέκνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τέκνων [genitive, plural], τῷ τέκνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν τέκνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τέκνοις [dative, plural], τὸ τέκνον [accusative, singular], τὼ τέκνω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ τέκνᾰ [accusative, plural], τέκνον [singular, vocative], τέκνω [dual, vocative], τέκνᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. child (of either gender)
    Sense id: en-τέκνον-grc-noun-RPcwyJPQ
  2. descendant Categories (topical): Age, Children
    Sense id: en-τέκνον-grc-noun-roeDQ35a Disambiguation of Age: 0 75 25 Disambiguation of Children: 16 75 8 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 10 80 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 8 84 8
  3. young animal
    Sense id: en-τέκνον-grc-noun-y3XoMAxe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: τίκτω (tíktō)

Inflected forms

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}

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