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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “to destroy”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛː.lɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ði.liˈtir/ → /ði.liˈtir/
Noun
δηλητήρ • (dēlētḗr) m (genitive δηλητῆρος); third declension
- destroyer
Declension
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Descendants
Further reading
- “δηλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δηλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δηλητήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δηλητήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- δηλητήρ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften