δέκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) +‎ -της (-tēs), thus literally, “recipient”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dék.tɛːs/ → /ˈðek.tis/ → /ˈðek.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dék.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdek.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðek.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðek.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðek.tis/

Noun

δέκτης • (déktēs) m (genitive δέκτου); first declension

1. beggar
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.248

Declension

First declension of ὁ δέκτης; τοῦ δέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δέκτης ho déktēs	τὼ δέκτᾱ tṑ déktā	οἱ δέκται hoi déktai
Genitive	τοῦ δέκτου toû déktou	τοῖν δέκταιν toîn déktain	τῶν δεκτῶν tôn dektôn
Dative	τῷ δέκτῃ tôi déktēi	τοῖν δέκταιν toîn déktain	τοῖς δέκταις toîs déktais
Accusative	τὸν δέκτην tòn déktēn	τὼ δέκτᾱ tṑ déktā	τοὺς δέκτᾱς toùs déktās
Vocative	δέκτᾰ dékta	δέκτᾱ déktā	δέκται déktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀποδέκτης (apodéktēs)
• πανδέκτης (pandéktēs)
  • English: pandect

Descendants

• Greek: δέκτης (déktis)
• →⇒ Translingual: Amphidecta
• →⇒ Translingual: Carpodectes
• →⇒ Translingual: Melidectes
  • → English: melidectes

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 [Logeion] 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)

1. recipient, receiver
2. (technology) receiver

Declension

Declension of δέκτης

	singular	plural
nominative	δέκτης (déktis)	δέκτες (déktes)
genitive	δέκτη (dékti)	δεκτών (dektón)
accusative	δέκτη (dékti)	δέκτες (déktes)
vocative	δέκτη (dékti)	δέκτες (déktes)