I.to furnish or stock with children, Eur.: —Pass. to be furnished with children, i. e. to have them, id=Eur.
II.Act., of the man, to beget children, id=Eur.;—Mid., of the female, to bear them: metaph., ὄλβος τεκνοῦται it has offspring, Aesch.; χθὼν ἐτεκνώσατο φάσματα Eur.:—Pass. to be born, Trag.; γάμον τεκνοῦντα καὶ τεκνούμενον, i. e. a marriage where husband and son are one, Soph.