καταπάλτης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) — literary
Etymology edit
From κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “against”) + πᾰ́λλω (pállō, “I hurl”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.pál.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpal.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/
Noun edit
κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης • (katapáltēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου); first declension
- catapult
- an instrument of torture
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης ho katapáltēs |
τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ tṑ katapáltā |
οἱ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται hoi katapáltai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου toû katapáltou |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν toîn katapáltain |
τῶν κᾰτᾰπᾰλτῶν tôn katapaltôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτῃ tôi katapáltēi |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν toîn katapáltain |
τοῖς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταις toîs katapáltais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτην tòn katapáltēn |
τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ tṑ katapáltā |
τοὺς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱς toùs katapáltās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾰ katapálta |
κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ katapáltā |
κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται katapáltai | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Latin: catapulta (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “καταπάλτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press