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νήκτης

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: nḗktēs Transliteration B: nēktēs Transliteration C: niktis Beta Code: nh/kths

English (LSJ)

νήκτου, ὁ, (νήχω) swimmer, Poll.1.97; ἐχθρὸν ἀεὶ νήκτῃσι prob. in Philosteph.Hist.17.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νήκτης: -ου, ὁ, (νήχω) κολυμβητής, Πολυδ. ϛʹ, 45.

Greek Monolingual

νήκτης, ό, θηλ. νηκτρίς (Α)
1. αυτός που κολυμπά, ο κολυμβητής
2. το θηλ. ελιά που διατηρείται στην άλμη, κολυμπάδα, κολυμβάς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. νήχω «κολυμπώ» + κατάλ. -της (πρβλ. δέκτης). Ο τ. νηκτρίς < θ. νηκ- + επίθημα -τρίς (πρβλ. ψηκτρίς)].

German (Pape)

ὁ, der Schwimmer, Sp.