καταλύτης
See also: καταλυτής
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From καταλύω (katalúō, “loosen, destroy; stay the night”) + -της (-tēs, noun-forming suffix)
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.lý.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈly.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈly.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈly.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈli.tis/
Noun edit
κᾰτᾰλύτης • (katalútēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰλύτου); first declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- καταλύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καταλύτης - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- “καταλύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek edit
Noun edit
καταλύτης • (katalýtis) m (plural καταλύτες)
- (chemistry) catalyst
- (automotive) catalytic converter
- (metaphorical) enabler (person who makes things happen)
Declension edit
declension of καταλύτης
Related terms edit
- καταλυτικός (katalytikós, “catalytic”)