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|Definition=ὁ, ([[τίκτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[childbirth]], [[parturition]], of women, Il.19.119, h.Cer. 101, IG42(1).121.15,17 (Epid., iv B. C.), Herophil. ap. Sor.2.53; of animals, Il.17.5; πλὴν ὅταν τ. παρῇ S.Fr.477; ποιεῖσθαι τὸν τ. Arist. HA542a25, etc.: pl., τόκοισί τε [[ἄγονος|ἀγόνοις]] γυναικῶν S.OT26, cf. 173 (lyr.), E.Med.1031, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[time]] of [[parturition]], ὁ τόκος τῆς γυναικός Hdt.1.111; [[period of gestation]], [[ἐνιαύσιος]] ὁ τόκος Arist. GA777b13.<br><span class="bld">c</span> ἡ φύσις τοῦ παιδίου τοῦ ἐν τόκῳ in the [[foetal]] [[stage]], Hp.Nat.Puer.tit. (as cited in Mul.1.1).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[offspring]], of men or animals, πάντων Ἀργείων ἐρέων γενεήν τε τόκον τε Il.7.128, cf. 15.141; of an [[eagle]], ἐλθὼν ἐξ ὄρεος, ὅθι οἱ γενεή τε τόκος τε Od.15.175; μήλων τόκος E. Cyc.162; Οἰδίπου [[τόκος]] = [[son]] of [[Oedipus]], A.Th.372, cf. 407, etc. (but also, [[daughter]], θεὰ γεγῶσα καὶ θεοῦ πατρὸς τ. E.Andr. [1254]); [[fry]] of [[fish]], Arist. HA 543a4; [[litter]] of [[pig]]s, πασῶν τῶν συῶν ἀπὸ τόκου χοῖρον λαμβάνειν X. Lac.15.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[produce]] of [[money]] [[lent]], hence [[interest]] (cf. S.Fr.477 (punningly), Sophr. 35, Pl.R.555e, Arist.Pol.1258b5), Pi.O.10(11).9, etc.; τόκος [[ἐπίτριτος]], v. h. v.; τόκος [[πεντώβολος]] = [[interest]] at 5 [[obol]]s per [[month]] on the [[mina]], IG 11(2).146 B 17 (Delos, iv B. C.); τόκος [[πεντεκαιδέκατος]], i. e. 100/15 = 6 ⅔ %, SIG672.23 (Delph., ii B. C.); sg. and pl., IG12.324.5, Ar.Nu.18,20, 34, etc.; τόκους ἀποδοῦναι ib.739, etc.; [[κομίζεσθαι]] Pl. l. c., PEnteux. 32.13 (iii B. C.); [[λαμβάνειν]] ἀπό τινος Is.8.35; [[ἀπολαμβάνειν]] Lys.17.3; [[δανείζειν]] ἐπὶ τόκῳ Pl.Lg.742c; [[ὀφείλειν]] ἐπὶ τόκῳ Isoc.17.7; τόκοι τόκων [[compound]] [[interest]], Ar.Nu.1156; τόκος τόκου Thphr.Char.10.10; τῶν τόκων ἔχων τόκους Men.870:—Ar. plays on the double meaning of the word, Th.843 sq.; so also Pl.R.507a, Plu.2.433e.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[interest]], [γῄδιον] ὅτι λάβοι [[σπέρμα]] . . [[δικαίως]] ἀπεδίδου αὐτό τε καὶ τόκον X.Cyr.8.3.38, cf. Philem.231, 88.10; οἱ δ' εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιούμενοι, οὗτοι προσαποτίνουσι τοῦ χρόνου τόκους Men.235.9; [[offspring]], ἢ [[τίκτων]] λόγους ἢ τὸν ἑτέρων τόκον [[λαμβάνων]] Lib.Or.12.94; [[bringing forth]], ib. 17.38.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[oppression]], as translation of Hebr. [[תֹּךְ]] (toke) [[LXX]] Ps.71 (72).14, Je.9.6.