τίκτω
Etym. Root ΤΕΚ
I. "to bring into the world"; of the father, "to beget", of the mother, "to bring forth", Hom., attic; so also in Mid., Il.; οἱ τεκόμενοι of the mother, Aesch.
2. the 3rd pl. aor2 τέκον, ἔτεκον is used of both parents, Hom.: hence οἱ τεκόντες "the parents", Aesch., Soph.
3. separately, ὁ τεκών "the father", Aesch.; ἡ τεκοῦσα "the mother", id=Aesch.; and as Subst., c. gen., ὁ κείνου τεκών Eur.
II. of female animals, "to bear young, breed", Hom.; ὠιὰ τ. "to lay eggs", Hdt.
III. of vegetable produce, "to bear, produce", [γαῖα] τίκτει ἔμπεδα μῆλα Od.:—so in Mid., γαῖαν ἣ τὰ πάντα τίκτεται Aesch.
IV. metaph. "to generate, produce", τὸ δυσσεβὲς ἔργον πλείονα τίκτει id=Aesch.; of Night as the mother of Day, τῆς τεκούσης φῶς τόδ᾽ εὐφρόνης id=Aesch.; τ. ἀοιδάς Eur.; πόλεμον Plat.