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|Definition=έως, ὁ, (τίκτω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who begets, father</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>138</span>, <span class="bibl">155</span>: generally, <b class="b2">begetter</b>, τέκνου τ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>659</span>:—in Hom. and Hes. mostly in pl., <b class="b2">parents</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.170</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>185</span>, al. (in dual, τοκῆε δύω <span class="bibl">Od.8.312</span>); so in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>580</span> (lyr.), al., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>403</span>, al. (not in S., exc. f.l. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>187</span> (lyr.)); also in Prose, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.122</span>,<span class="bibl">3.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.2.75</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.33</span>, etc.; of animals, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>620</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Al.</span>563</span>.—Hom. and Hes. commonly have the Ep. forms <b class="b3">τοκῆες, τοκῆας, τοκήων</b> (<span class="bibl">Il. 15.663</span>, al., more rarely <b class="b3">τοκέων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">660</span>, <span class="bibl">21.587</span>); τοκεῦσι <span class="bibl">4.477</span>, al.; gen. <b class="b3">τοκήων</b> also in Alc. <span class="title">Supp.</span>25.12, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>5.10</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>728</span> (lyr., dub. l.); dat. τοκέσι <span class="title">IG</span>3.1311.</span>