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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) + -της (-tēs), thus literally, “recipient”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dék.tɛːs/ → /ˈðek.tis/ → /ˈðek.tis/
Noun
δέκτης • (déktēs) m (genitive δέκτου); first declension
- beggar
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “δέκτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δέκτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέκτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δέκτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “δέκτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δέκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέκτης (déktēs, “receiver”), from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”).
Noun
δέκτης • (déktis) m (plural δέκτες)
- recipient, receiver
- (technology) receiver
Declension
Declension of δέκτης
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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δέκτης (déktis)
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δέκτες (déktes)
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| genitive
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δέκτη (dékti)
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δεκτών (dektón)
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| accusative
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δέκτη (dékti)
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δέκτες (déktes)
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| vocative
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δέκτη (dékti)
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δέκτες (déktes)
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