δήκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ːk.tɛːs/ → /ˈðik.tis/ → /ˈðik.tis/

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

Noun

δήκτης • (dḗktēs) m (genitive δήκτου); first declension

1. A biter.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ δήκτης; τοῦ δήκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δήκτης ho dḗktēs	τὼ δήκτᾱ tṑ dḗktā	οἱ δῆκται hoi dêktai
Genitive	τοῦ δήκτου toû dḗktou	τοῖν δήκταιν toîn dḗktain	τῶν δηκτῶν tôn dēktôn
Dative	τῷ δήκτῃ tôi dḗktēi	τοῖν δήκταιν toîn dḗktain	τοῖς δήκταις toîs dḗktais
Accusative	τὸν δήκτην tòn dḗktēn	τὼ δήκτᾱ tṑ dḗktā	τοὺς δήκτᾱς toùs dḗktās
Vocative	δῆκτᾰ dêktă	δήκτᾱ dḗktā	δῆκται dêktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Latrodectus

References

• “δήκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers