1. δίκτυς · diktys — Beekes
δίκτυς 1, -ῦος [m.}] name of an unknown Libyan animal (Hat. 4, 192). *ETYM Unexplained. See Gsell 1913: 128 and Gsell 1915: 97f. — [Beekes, s.v. δίκτυς, p. 383]
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δίκτυς
diktus
1, -ῦος [m
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What it meant
2. δίκτυς · diktys — Beekes
δίκτυς 2 [m.] - ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων ‘kite (Lacon.)’ (H.). eETYM Unknown. Fur.: 392 connects ἰκτῖνος, assuming a Pre-Greek word with d/zero. However, »iktivoc is rather an IE word. »δίκτυς 1 probably refers to a different animal. — [Beekes, s.v. δίκτυς, p. 383]
3. δίκτυς · diktys — Chantraine
δίκτυς, -uog : m. animal libyen mal identifié (Hat. 4,192), cf. Gsell, Histoire ancienne de l'Afrique du Nord 1,128, Hérodote 97-98. Hsch. d'autre part glose : ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων. — [Chantraine, s.v. δίκτυς, p. 298]
4. Δίκτυς · Diktys — Frisk
Δίκτυς als Heroenname Hes.Fr.6 Rz.; vgl. Heubeck Praegraeca 36. — [Frisk, s.v. Δίκτυς, p. 2201]
5. δίκτυς · diktys — LSJ
an unknown Libyan animal, Hdt. 4.192.
II
= ἰκτῖνος (Lacon.), Hsch.
In the wild
- δίκτυες · diktyes Herodotus, Histories 4.192.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5288)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δίκτυς (scan p. 383; entry #1723).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δίκτυς (scan p. 298; entry #2044).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δίκτυς (scan p. 2201; entry #6887).
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