μυκτήρ

Ancient Greek

From μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”), the same root of μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), μύξα (múxa, “mucus, slime”) and Latin mucus.

μῠκτήρ • (mŭktḗr) m (genitive μῠκτῆρος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ μῠκτήρ; τοῦ μῠκτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠκτήρ ho mŭktḗr	τὼ μῠκτῆρε tṑ mŭktêre	οἱ μῠκτῆρες hoi mŭktêres
Genitive	τοῦ μῠκτῆρος toû mŭktêros	τοῖν μῠκτήροιν toîn mŭktḗroin	τῶν μῠκτήρων tôn mŭktḗrōn
Dative	τῷ μῠκτῆρῐ tōî mŭktêrĭ	τοῖν μῠκτήροιν toîn mŭktḗroin	τοῖς μῠκτῆρσῐ / μῠκτῆρσῐν toîs mŭktêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μῠκτῆρᾰ tòn mŭktêră	τὼ μῠκτῆρε tṑ mŭktêre	τοὺς μῠκτῆρᾰς toùs mŭktêrăs
Vocative	μῠκτήρ mŭktḗr	μῠκτῆρε mŭktêre	μῠκτῆρες mŭktêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr), from μύσσομαι (mússomai, “I blow my nose”). Related to μύξα (múxa, “snot, booger”).

μυκτήρ • (myktír) m (plural μυκτήρες)

(anatomy, formal, archaic, Katharevousa) nostril (either of the two orifices located on the nose)