τοκάς

A. of or for breeding, brood, σύες θήλειαι τοκάδες Od. 14.16, cf. PSI 4.379.21 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 152 (iii B. C.), Plb. 12.4.8, etc.; φόρος χηνῶν τοκάδων PPetr. 3p.286 (iii B. C.); ὀρνείθων τελείων τοκάδων POxy. 1207.9 (ii A. D.); prolific, γυναῖκες Str. 4.1.2; τοκάδα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἔχει, of Zeus, Luc. DDeor. 9.1.

2. having just brought forth, Eub. 149; τ. λέαινα with cubs, E. Med. 187 (anap.); τ. κύνες with pups, Call. Dian. 89 (τ. as Subst., mothers, AP 9.268 (Antip. Thess.)); of goats, Theoc. 8.63: rarely of women, ὅσαι δὲ τοκάδες ἦσαν E. Hec. 1157; γενναίων τ’ ἐκ τοκάδων born from noble mothers, Id. Cyc. 42 (lyr.); τοκάδα τὰν . . Βάκχου his mother, Id. Hipp. 560 (lyr.); τ. κόνις one's motherland, Lyc. 316.