δῆξις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- bite, biting
- mental anguish
- biting joke
Etymology
Suffix from Ancient Greek δάκνω (bite, I bite) root from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (bite).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*denḱ-
Gloss
bite
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dacnomania Italian
- βουδάκη Ancient Greek
- δάκνω Ancient Greek
- δάκος Ancient Greek
- δήκτης Ancient Greek
- δήξ Ancient Greek
- δαγκάνω Ancient Greek
- δῆγμα Ancient Greek
- ὀδάξ Ancient Greek
- *denḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *tangiz Proto-Germanic
- *tangō Proto-Germanic
- *tanhuz Proto-Germanic
- दशति Sanskrit
- *dáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *daknā Proto-Albanian
- δακώνω gkm
- δαγκάνω grc-koi