κτείς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κτείς
Structure:
κτει
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- a comb
- the comb in the loom
- a rake
- the fingers, the teeth of a comb
Declension
Third 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.
- Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνοσ ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην ἐσπούδακασ περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείασ μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείασ τῆσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν οὐδ’ ἂν οἰηθείη τισ τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸσ ἄν τισ πρίαιτο κτένασ ἢ κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸσ ἢ ὁ κωφὸσ αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτησ κώπην ἢ ὁ κυβερνήτησ ἄροτρον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:2)
- κήρυκασ, κτένασ, βολβοὺσ μέγαν τε πουλύπουν ἰχθῦσ θ’ ἁδρούσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 3:8)
- Διοκλῆσ δ’ ὁ Καρύστιοσ ἐν τοῖσ Ὑγιεινοῖσ κράτιστά φησιν εἶναι τῶν κογχυλίων πρὸσ διαχώρησιν καὶ οὔρησιν μύασ, ὄστρεα, κτένασ, χήμασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 321)
- ἁλίασ στραβήλου τῆσδε, τέκνον, εἴ τινα δυναίμεθ’ εὑρεῖν ἔτι ὁ Σπεύσιπποσ ἑξῆσ πάλιν ἰδίᾳ καταριθμεῖται κόγχουσ, κτένασ, μῦσ, πίννασ, σωλῆνασ, καὶ ἐν ἄλλῳ μέρει ὄστρεα, λεπάδασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 32 2:1)
- πουλυπόδειον, σηπιδάριον, κάραβον, ἀστακόν, ὄστρειον, χήμασ, λεπάδασ, σωλῆνασ, μῦσ, πίννασ, κτένασ ἐκ Μιτυλήνησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 32 3:8)
Synonyms
-
a comb
-
the comb in the loom
-
a rake
