Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Δίκτυννα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Δίκτυννα

Structure: Δικτυνν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: di/ktuon

Sense

  1. goddess of the chase

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσ Πᾶνα Δικτύννησ τοῖόν με καθ’ ἱερὸν ἔμπυρον ὁ Κρὴσ χάλκεον ἔστησεν Πᾶνα τὸν αἰγόνυχα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2581)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ πέρατι <τῆσ> Ἀφεταί̈δοσ, ἐγγύτατα ἤδη τοῦ τείχουσ, Δικτύννησ ἐστὶν ἱερὸν καὶ βασίλειοι τάφοι τῶν καλουμένων Εὐρυπωντιδῶν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 12:3)
  • πρὸσ θαλάσσῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ἄκρασ ναόσ ἐστι Δικτύννησ Ἀρτέμιδοσ, καί οἱ κατὰ ἔτοσ ἕκαστον ἑορτὴν ἄγουσι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 17:1)
  • πρὸσ ἑσπέραν δ’ ὅμοροι τοῖσ Κυδωνιάταισ Πολυρρήνιοι, παρ’ οἷσ ἐστι τὸ τῆσ Δικτύννησ ἱερόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 18:3)

Synonyms

  1. goddess of the chase

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION