τρώκ-της,ου,ὁ, (τρώγω)
A. gnawer, nibbler: but in Od. 14.289 , 15.416 , Phoenician traffickers are calledτρῶκται, greedy knaves; so τ. σφόδρ' ἐστίν
Com.Adesp. 606
; and Gramm. explainτρώκτηςbyφάγος, φιλοκερδής, πανοῦργος, ἀπατεών,
Hsch. , Phot. , Eust. 1757.51 ; φιλοχρήματοι καὶ τ.
Philostr. Her.Prooem. 1
.
2. asAdj.,τρῶκται χεῖρες greedyhands, of a usurer, AP 9.409 ( Antiphan. , dub. cj.).
II. a sea-fish with sharp teeth,
= ἀμία (q.v.), Ael. NA 1.5 .