μυκτήρ

Ancient Greek

From μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”), the same root of μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), μύξα (múxa, “mucus, slime”) and Latin mucus.

μῠκτήρ • (muktḗr) m (genitive μῠκτῆρος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠκτήρ ho muktḗr	τὼ μῠκτῆρε tṑ muktêre	οἱ μῠκτῆρες hoi muktêres
Genitive	τοῦ μῠκτῆρος toû muktêros	τοῖν μῠκτήροιν toîn muktḗroin	τῶν μῠκτήρων tôn muktḗrōn
Dative	τῷ μῠκτῆρῐ tôi muktêri	τοῖν μῠκτήροιν toîn muktḗroin	τοῖς μῠκτῆρσῐ / μῠκτῆρσῐν toîs muktêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μῠκτῆρᾰ tòn muktêra	τὼ μῠκτῆρε tṑ muktêre	τοὺς μῠκτῆρᾰς toùs muktêras
Vocative	μῠκτήρ muktḗr	μῠκτῆρε muktêre	μῠκτῆρες muktêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr), from μύσσομαι (mússomai, “I blow my nose”). Related to μύξα (múxa, “snot, booger”).

μυκτήρ • (myktír) m (plural μυκτήρες)

(anatomy, formal, archaic, Katharevousa) nostril (either of the two orifices located on the nose)