τέκνον

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-, perhaps via τίκτω (tíktō, “I bear”). Cognates include Old English þegen (“servant”), Old High German degan and possibly Sanskrit तोक (toka, “offspring, child”).

τέκνον • (téknon) n (genitive τέκνου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ τέκνον; τοῦ τέκνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέκνον tò téknon	τὼ τέκνω tṑ téknō	τᾰ̀ τέκνᾰ tà tékna
Genitive	τοῦ τέκνου toû téknou	τοῖν τέκνοιν toîn téknoin	τῶν τέκνων tôn téknōn
Dative	τῷ τέκνῳ tôi téknōi	τοῖν τέκνοιν toîn téknoin	τοῖς τέκνοις toîs téknois
Accusative	τὸ τέκνον tò téknon	τὼ τέκνω tṑ téknō	τᾰ̀ τέκνᾰ tà tékna
Vocative	τέκνον téknon	τέκνω téknō	τέκνᾰ tékna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.