κάττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κάτα (káta) (medieval)

Etymology

Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”);^[1] see there for further information. Per Beekes,^[2] of unknown origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/

Noun

κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)

cat
Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ; τῆς κᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ hē kátta	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā	αἱ κᾰ́τται hai káttai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ττης tês káttēs	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain	τῶν κᾰττῶν tôn kattôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ττῃ têi káttēi	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain	ταῖς κᾰ́τταις taîs káttais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ττᾰν tḕn káttan	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s káttās
Vocative	κᾰ́ττᾰ kátta	κᾰ́ττᾱ káttā	κᾰ́τται káttai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)

Descendants

Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)

References

^ lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN