"τρώκτης" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/, /ˈtrok.tis/, /ˈtrok.tis/, /trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtrok.te̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈtrok.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈtrok.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈtrok.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{affix|grc|τρώγω|-της|id2=agent noun|pos2=masculine agent-noun suffix|t1=to gnaw}} τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τρώκτου|m|second}} τρώκτης • (trṓktēs) m (genitive τρώκτου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τρώκτης|ου}} Forms: trṓktēs [romanization], τρώκτου [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ τρώκτης [nominative, singular], τρώκτᾱ [dual, nominative], οἱ τρῶκται [nominative, plural], τοῦ τρώκτου [genitive, singular], τρώκταιν [dual, genitive], τρωκτῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ τρώκτῃ [dative, singular], τρώκταιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τρώκταις [dative, plural], τὸν τρώκτην [accusative, singular], τρώκτᾱ [accusative, dual], τοὺς τρώκτᾱς [accusative, plural], τρῶκτᾰ [singular, vocative], τρώκτᾱ [dual, vocative], τρῶκται [plural, vocative]
  1. gnawer, nibbler
    Sense id: en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-xMRRtcO0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun) Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun): 41 40 18
  2. (figuratively) greedy knave Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-T2vIZGDl Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun) Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun): 41 40 18
  3. kind of fish with sharp teeth
    Sense id: en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-y9Z93T2x Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fish Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun): 41 40 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 9 81 Disambiguation of Fish: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: τρωκτῐκός (trōktĭkós)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "trōktĭkós",
      "word": "τρωκτῐκός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "tructa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: tructa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: tructa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*terh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τρώγω",
        "3": "-της",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "masculine agent-noun suffix",
        "t1": "to gnaw"
      },
      "expansion": "τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trṓktēs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ τρώκτης",
      "roman": "ho trṓktēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ τρῶκται",
      "roman": "hoi trôktai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τρώκτου",
      "roman": "toû trṓktou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκταιν",
      "roman": "trṓktain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρωκτῶν",
      "roman": "trōktôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τρώκτῃ",
      "roman": "tôi trṓktēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκταιν",
      "roman": "trṓktain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τρώκταις",
      "roman": "toîs trṓktais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν τρώκτην",
      "roman": "tòn trṓktēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς τρώκτᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs trṓktās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρῶκτᾰ",
      "roman": "trôktă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρῶκται",
      "roman": "trôktai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τρώκτου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "τρώκτης • (trṓktēs) m (genitive τρώκτου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τρώκτης",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "41 40 18",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gnawer, nibbler"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-xMRRtcO0",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnawer",
          "gnawer"
        ],
        [
          "nibbler",
          "nibbler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 41 18",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "greedy knave"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-T2vIZGDl",
      "links": [
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "knave",
          "knave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) greedy knave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 40 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "grc:Fish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind of fish with sharp teeth"
      ],
      "id": "en-τρώκτης-grc-noun-y9Z93T2x",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "tooth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τρώκτης"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Fish"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "trōktĭkós",
      "word": "τρωκτῐκός"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: tructa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: tructa"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "τρώγω",
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        "id2": "agent noun",
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        "t1": "to gnaw"
      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From τρώγω (trṓgō, “to gnaw”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).",
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      "form": "trṓktēs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ τρώκτης",
      "roman": "ho trṓktēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ τρῶκται",
      "roman": "hoi trôktai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ τρώκτου",
      "roman": "toû trṓktou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκταιν",
      "roman": "trṓktain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρωκτῶν",
      "roman": "trōktôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ τρώκτῃ",
      "roman": "tôi trṓktēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκταιν",
      "roman": "trṓktain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς τρώκταις",
      "roman": "toîs trṓktais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν τρώκτην",
      "roman": "tòn trṓktēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς τρώκτᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs trṓktās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρῶκτᾰ",
      "roman": "trôktă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρώκτᾱ",
      "roman": "trṓktā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τρῶκται",
      "roman": "trôktai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τρώκτου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "τρώκτης • (trṓktēs) m (genitive τρώκτου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "τρώκτης",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gnawer, nibbler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gnawer",
          "gnawer"
        ],
        [
          "nibbler",
          "nibbler"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "greedy knave"
      ],
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        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "knave",
          "knave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) greedy knave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kind of fish with sharp teeth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "tooth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/trɔ̌ːk.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtrok.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τρώκτης"
}

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