δήκτης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δήκτης • (dḗktēs) m (genitive δήκτου); first declension

  1. A biter.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ δήκτης; τοῦ δήκτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Latrodectus

References

  • “δήκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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