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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Said by Autenrieth to be from διώκω (diṓkō, “to chase”) and not διάγω (diágō, “to carry over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ák.to.ros/ → /ðiˈak.to.ros/ → /ðiˈak.to.ros/
Noun
δῐάκτορος • (diáktoros) m (genitive δῐακτόρου); second declension
- (Epic) runner, guide (epithet of Hermes)
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Further reading
- “διάκτορος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- διάκτορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάκτορος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “διάκτορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press