"δέκτης" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δέκτης in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dék.tɛːs/, /ˈðek.tis/, /ˈðek.tis/, /dék.tɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdek.te̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈðek.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈðek.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈðek.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) + -της (-tēs), thus literally, “recipient”. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|δέχομαι|-της|t1=to receive}} δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) + -της (-tēs), {{m-g|recipient}} “recipient”, {{lit|recipient|nocap=1}} literally, “recipient” Head templates: {{grc-noun|δέκτου|m|first}} δέκτης • (déktēs) m (genitive δέκτου); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|δέκτης|ου}} Forms: déktēs [romanization], δέκτου [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ δέκτης [nominative, singular], δέκτᾱ [dual, nominative], οἱ δέκται [nominative, plural], τοῦ δέκτου [genitive, singular], δέκταιν [dual, genitive], δεκτῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ δέκτῃ [dative, singular], δέκταιν [dative, dual], τοῖς δέκταις [dative, plural], τὸν δέκτην [accusative, singular], δέκτᾱ [accusative, dual], τοὺς δέκτᾱς [accusative, plural], δέκτᾰ [singular, vocative], δέκτᾱ [dual, vocative], δέκται [plural, vocative]
  1. beggar Derived forms: ἀποδέκτης (apodéktēs) Derived forms (πανδέκτης (pandéktēs)): pandect [English]
    Sense id: en-δέκτης-grc-noun-DVr988Bw Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, People, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 1 12
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}

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