τέκνον τέκνον, ου, τό, τίκτω that which is borne or born, a child (cf. Scottish bairn, from Anglo-S. beran, to bear), Hom., etc.; my son, my child, sometimes with masc. adj., φίλε τέκνον Hom.; the relat. Pron. or Participle often follows in masc. or fem. of animals, the young, Hom., etc. metaph., flowers are γαίας τέκνα Aesch.; birds αἰθέρος τέκνα Eur. The penult. is long in Hom., in Trag. more often short.