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τρώκτης

τρώκτης, a gnawer, nibbler

τρώκ-της, ου, ὁ, (τρώγω)
  • gnawer, mibbler: but in Od. 14.289, 15.416, Phoenician traffickers are called τρῶκται, greedy knaves; so τ. σφόδρʼ ἐστίν Com.Adesp. 606; and Gramm. explain τρώκτης by φάγος, φιλοκερδής, πανοῦργος, ἀπατεών, Hsch., Phot., Eust. 1757.51; φιλοχρήματοι καὶ τ. Philostr. Her.Prooem. 1.
      • 2 as Adj., τρῶκται χεῖρες greedy hands, of a usurer, AP 9.409 (Antiphan., dub. cj.).
    • II a sea-fish with sharp teeth, = ἀμία (q.v.), Ael. NA 1.5.

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