μυκτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. (in the plural) nostril
    Synonym: ῥώθων (rhṓthōn)
  2. nozzle of a lamp
  3. (zoology) elephant's trunk
  4. (zoology) funnel of the cuttlefish
  5. (figuratively) sneerer, scorner
  6. (in the abstract) sarcasm, raillery

Declension
Third declension of ὁ μῠκτήρ; τοῦ μῠκτῆρος (Attic)
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.

Derived terms
  • μυκτηρίζω (muktērízō)
  • μυκτήρισμα (muktḗrisma)
  • μυκτηρισμός (muktērismós)
  • μυκτηριστής (muktēristḗs)
  • μυκτηρόθεν (muktēróthen)
  • μυκτηρόκομπος (muktērókompos)

Descendants
  • Greek: μυκτήρ (myktír)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈktir/
  • Hyphenation: μυ‧κτήρ

Noun

μυκτήρ • (myktír) m (plural μυκτήρες)

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

Declension
declension of μυκτήρ
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μυκτήρ • μυκτήρες •
genitive μυκτήρος • μυκτήρων •
accusative μυκτήρ • μυκτήρες •
vocative μυκτήρ • μυκτήρες •

Synonyms
  • μυκτηρίζω (myktirízo, “to sniff at contemptuously, to disparage”)
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