τοκεύς

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