δήκτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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δήκτης (dḗktēsm (genitive δήκτου); first declension

  1. A biter.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Translingual: Latrodectus

References

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