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τρώκτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρώκτης τρώκτου

Structure: τρωκτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: trw/gw

Sense

  1. a gnawer, nibbler, greedy knaves, greedy

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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ ὄγδοόν μοι ἐπιπλόμενον ἔτοσ ἦλθεν, δὴ τότε Φοῖνιξ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώσ, τρώκτησ, ὃσ δὴ πολλὰ κάκ’ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐώργει· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 24:3)
  • "ἔνθα δὲ Φοίνικεσ ναυσίκλυτοι ἤλυθον ἄνδρεσ, τρῶκται, μυρί’ ἄγοντεσ ἀθύρματα νηὶ̈ μελαίνῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 52:1)

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

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