δίκτυς
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
υος, ὁ, an unknown Libyan animal, Hdt.4.192. II = ἰκτῖνος (Lacon.), Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 630] ὁ, nach Hesych. lakon. = ἰκτῖνος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δίκτυς: ος, ὁ, ἄγνωστόν τι λιβυκὸν ζῷον, Ἡρόδ. 4. 192.
French (Bailly abrégé)
υος (ὁ) :
animal inconnu de Lydie;
ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων Hesych.
Étymologie: DELG -.
Greek Monotonic
δίκτυς: -υος, ὁ, άγνωστο ζώο της Λιβύης, σε Ηρόδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
δίκτυς: υος ὁ диктий (неизвестное нам животное в Ливии) Her.
Frisk Etymological English
2.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. Fur. 392 assumes a Pre-Greek word with δ/zero, which I do not consider as certain (ἰκτῖνος is rather an IE word, s.v.). The animal may not be the same as that of δίκτυς 1.
-υος 1.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of an unknown Libyan animal (Hdt. 4, 192)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Libyan
Etymology: Unexplained. S. Gsell, Histoire ancenne de l'Afrrique du Nord 1,128; Hérodote 97f.
Middle Liddell
n
an unknown Libyan animal, Hdt.
Frisk Etymology German
δίκτυς: {díktus}
Meaning: N. eines unbekannten libyischen Tieres (Hdt. 4, 192); ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων H.
Etymology: Unerklärt.
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