τρώκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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
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