κατήγορος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “against”) + the root of ᾰ̓γορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tɛ̌ː.ɡo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈte̝.ɡo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/
Noun
editκᾰτήγορος • (katḗgoros) m (genitive κᾰτηγόρου); second declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰτήγορος ho katḗgoros |
τὼ κᾰτηγόρω tṑ katēgórō |
οἱ κᾰτήγοροι hoi katḗgoroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰτηγόρου toû katēgórou |
τοῖν κᾰτηγόροιν toîn katēgóroin |
τῶν κᾰτηγόρων tôn katēgórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰτηγόρῳ tôi katēgórōi |
τοῖν κᾰτηγόροιν toîn katēgóroin |
τοῖς κᾰτηγόροις toîs katēgórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰτήγορον tòn katḗgoron |
τὼ κᾰτηγόρω tṑ katēgórō |
τοὺς κᾰτηγόρους toùs katēgórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰτήγορε katḗgore |
κᾰτηγόρω katēgórō |
κᾰτήγοροι katḗgoroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- δημόσῐος κᾰτήγορος (dēmósios katḗgoros)
- κᾰτηγορέω (katēgoréō)
- κᾰτηγορικός (katēgorikós)
Related terms
edit- ᾰ̓γείρω (ageírō)
Descendants
edit- → Greek: κατήγορος (katígoros) (learned)
Further reading
edit- “κατήγορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Koine Greek κατήγορος (katḗgoros), from Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (katḗgoros, “accuser”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editκατήγορος • (katígoros) m or f
- accuser
- (law) prosecutor, prosecuting attorney, prosecuting advocate, prosecution counsel
- δημόσιος κατήγορος ― dimósios katígoros ― public prosecutor
Declension
edit(masculine):
Declension of κατήγορος
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | κατήγορος • | κατήγοροι • | |
genitive | κατήγορου •, κατηγόρου • | κατήγορων •, κατηγόρων • | |
accusative | κατήγορο • | κατήγορους •, κατηγόρους • | |
vocative | κατήγορε • | κατήγοροι • | |
Second forms are formal. |
(feminine):
Declension of κατήγορος
Derived terms
edit- δημόσιος κατήγορος m (dimósios katígoros)
See also
edit- εισαγγελέας m or f (eisangeléas)
- συνήγορος m or f (synígoros)
References
edit- ^ κατήγορος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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