καταλύτης

See also: καταλυτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταλύω (katalúō, “loosen, destroy; stay the night”) +‎ -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lý.tɛːs/ → /ka.taˈly.tis/ → /ka.taˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lý.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈly.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈly.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈly.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈli.tis/

Noun

κᾰτᾰλύτης • (katalútēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰλύτου); first declension

1. lodger
2. stranger
3. arbitrator

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰλύτης; τοῦ κᾰτᾰλύτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτᾰλύτης ho katalútēs	τὼ κᾰτᾰλύτᾱ tṑ katalútā	οἱ κᾰτᾰλύται hoi katalútai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτᾰλύτου toû katalútou	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλύταιν toîn katalútain	τῶν κᾰτᾰλυτῶν tôn katalutôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτᾰλύτῃ tôi katalútēi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλύταιν toîn katalútain	τοῖς κᾰτᾰλύταις toîs katalútais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτᾰλύτην tòn katalútēn	τὼ κᾰτᾰλύτᾱ tṑ katalútā	τοὺς κᾰτᾰλύτᾱς toùs katalútās
Vocative	κᾰτᾰλύτᾰ katalúta	κᾰτᾰλύτᾱ katalútā	κᾰτᾰλύται katalútai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• καταλύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καταλύτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “καταλύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Noun

καταλύτης • (katalýtis) m (plural καταλύτες)

1. (chemistry) catalyst
2. (automotive) catalytic converter
3. (metaphorical) enabler (person who makes things happen)

Declension

Declension of καταλύτης

	singular	plural
nominative	καταλύτης •	καταλύτες •
genitive	καταλύτη •	καταλυτών •
accusative	καταλύτη •	καταλύτες •
vocative	καταλύτη •	καταλύτες •

Related terms

• καταλυτικός (katalytikós, “catalytic”)