καταβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰβάλλω (katabállō, “to set down”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /ka.ta.βoˈli/ → /ka.ta.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.voˈli/

Noun

κᾰτᾰβολή • (katabolḗ) f (genitive κᾰτᾰβολῆς); first declension

1. building, structure, foundation

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰβολή; τῆς κᾰτᾰβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰβολή hē katabolḗ	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ katabolā́	αἱ κᾰτᾰβολαί hai katabolaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰβολῆς tês katabolês	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn katabolaîn	τῶν κᾰτᾰβολῶν tôn katabolôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰβολῇ têi katabolêi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn katabolaîn	ταῖς κᾰτᾰβολαῖς taîs katabolaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰβολήν tḕn katabolḗn	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ katabolā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s katabolā́s
Vocative	κᾰτᾰβολή katabolḗ	κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ katabolā́	κᾰτᾰβολαί katabolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καταβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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