A.of or for breeding, brood, “σύες θήλειαι τοκάδες” Od.14.16, cf. PSI4.379.21 (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, AP9.268 (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.
