δήκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. A biter.

Inflection

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Latrodectus

References

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