μαθητής
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μᾰθη- (mathē-), a combining form of μᾰνθᾰ́νω (manthánō, “to learn”), + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.tʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.tʰe̝ˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
Noun edit
μᾰθητής • (mathētḗs) m (genitive μᾰθητοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic)
- learner, pupil
- pupil of a philosopher or rhetorician
- disciple
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰθητής ho mathētḗs |
τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ mathētā́ |
οἱ μᾰθηταί hoi mathētaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ toû mathētoû |
τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn mathētaîn |
τῶν μᾰθητῶν tôn mathētôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰθητῇ tôi mathētêi |
τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn mathētaîn |
τοῖς μᾰθηταῖς toîs mathētaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰθητήν tòn mathētḗn |
τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ mathētā́ |
τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς toùs mathētā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰθητᾰ́ mathētá |
μᾰθητᾱ́ mathētā́ |
μᾰθηταί mathētaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “μαθητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G3101 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μαθητής (mathētḗs).
Noun edit
μαθητής • (mathitís) m (plural μαθητές, feminine μαθήτρια)
Declension edit
declension of μαθητής
Coordinate terms edit
- απόστολος m (apóstolos, “apostle”)
- αντάρτης m (antártis, “partisan, guerrilla”)
- φοιτητής m (foititís, “undergraduate, university student”)
Related terms edit
- see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)