δίκτυον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a u-stem formation of δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to throw”). Beekes expresses mild doubts about this, but notes that the word is likely Pre-Greek regardless, due to the older form of Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (de-ku-tu-wo-ko (dektuworgos)) demonstrating ε-ι variation in the first vowel. See also δίσκος (dískos, “discus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dík.ty.on/ → /ˈðik.ty.on/ → /ˈðik.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dík.ty.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdik.ty.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.ty.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.ty.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðik.ti.on/

Noun

δίκτυον • (díktuon) n (genitive δικτύου); second declension

1. fishing net

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δίκτυον; τοῦ δικτύου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δίκτυον tò díktuon	τὼ δικτύω tṑ diktúō	τᾰ̀ δίκτυᾰ tà díktua
Genitive	τοῦ δικτύου toû diktúou	τοῖν δικτύοιν toîn diktúoin	τῶν δικτύων tôn diktúōn
Dative	τῷ δικτύῳ tôi diktúōi	τοῖν δικτύοιν toîn diktúoin	τοῖς δικτύοις toîs diktúois
Accusative	τὸ δίκτυον tò díktuon	τὼ δικτύω tṑ diktúō	τᾰ̀ δίκτυᾰ tà díktua
Vocative	δίκτυον díktuon	δικτύω diktúō	δίκτυᾰ díktua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δίκτυο (díktyo), δίχτυ (díchty)
• → English: dictyon, dictyo-
  • ⇒ dictyonal, dictyonite, dictyosome, dictyospore, etc.
• → Translingual: Dictyon, →⇒ Dictyoptera, Dictyostelium

Further reading

• “δίκτυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δίκτυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δίκτυον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δίκτυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίκτυον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δίκτυον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δίκτυον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fishing-net idem, page 323.
  • gin idem, page 359.
  • landing net idem, page 475.
  • net idem, page 556.
  • snare idem, page 788.
  • toils idem, page 880.
  • trap idem, page 890.