δίκτυς

English (LSJ)

υος, ὁ, an unknown Libyan animal, Hdt.4.192. II = ἰκτῖνος (Lacon.), Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 630] ὁ, nach Hesych. lakon. = ἰκτῖνος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

υος (ὁ) :
animal inconnu de Lydie;
ὁ ἰκτῖνος ὑπὸ Λακώνων Hesych.
Étymologie: DELG -.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

δίκτυς: υος ὁ диктий (неизвестное нам животное в Ливии) Her.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δίκτυς: ος, ὁ, ἄγνωστόν τι λιβυκὸν ζῷον, Ἡρόδ. 4. 192.

Greek Monotonic

δίκτυς: -υος, ὁ, άγνωστο ζώο της Λιβύης, σε Ηρόδ.

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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