δήκτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛ̌ːk.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde̝k.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðik.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðik.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðik.tis/
Noun
δήκτης • (dḗktēs) m (genitive δήκτου); first declension
- A biter.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ δήκτης; τοῦ δήκτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δήκτης ho dḗktēs | τὼ δήκτᾱ tṑ dḗktā | οἱ δῆκται hoi dêktai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δήκτου toû dḗktou | τοῖν δήκταιν toîn dḗktain | τῶν δηκτῶν tôn dēktôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δήκτῃ tôi dḗktēi | τοῖν δήκταιν toîn dḗktain | τοῖς δήκταις toîs dḗktais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δήκτην tòn dḗktēn | τὼ δήκτᾱ tṑ dḗktā | τοὺς δήκτᾱς toùs dḗktās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῆκτᾰ dêkta | δήκτᾱ dḗktā | δῆκται dêktai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: Latrodectus
References
- “δήκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers