τρώκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/ → /ˈtrok.tis/ → /ˈtrok.tis/

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

Noun

τρώκτης • (trṓktēs) m (genitive τρώκτου); second declension

1. gnawer, nibbler
2. (figuratively) greedy knave
3. kind of fish with sharp teeth

Declension

First declension of ὁ τρώκτης; τοῦ τρώκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρώκτης ho trṓktēs	τὼ τρώκτᾱ tṑ trṓktā	οἱ τρῶκται hoi trôktai
Genitive	τοῦ τρώκτου toû trṓktou	τοῖν τρώκταιν toîn trṓktain	τῶν τρωκτῶν tôn trōktôn
Dative	τῷ τρώκτῃ tôi trṓktēi	τοῖν τρώκταιν toîn trṓktain	τοῖς τρώκταις toîs trṓktais
Accusative	τὸν τρώκτην tòn trṓktēn	τὼ τρώκτᾱ tṑ trṓktā	τοὺς τρώκτᾱς toùs trṓktās
Vocative	τρῶκτᾰ trôkta	τρώκτᾱ trṓktā	τρῶκται trôktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρωκτῐκός (trōktikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: tructa

Further reading

• “τρώκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τρώκτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette