καταλυτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταλύω (katalúō, “stay somewhere for the night”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion, “a suffix added to verb stems to form adjectives pertaining to the stem”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ly.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ka.ta.lyˈti.ri.on/ → /ka.ta.liˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ly.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.liˈti.ri.on/

Noun

κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐον • (katalutḗrion) n (genitive κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. Synonym of κατάλυμα (katáluma, “lodging, billet, provision of quarters”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐον; τοῦ κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐον tò katalutḗrion	τὼ κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ω tṑ katalutēríō	τᾰ̀ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐᾰ tà katalutḗria
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ου toû katalutēríou	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́οιν toîn katalutēríoin	τῶν κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ων tôn katalutēríōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ῳ tôi katalutēríōi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́οιν toîn katalutēríoin	τοῖς κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́οις toîs katalutēríois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐον tò katalutḗrion	τὼ κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ω tṑ katalutēríō	τᾰ̀ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐᾰ tà katalutḗria
Vocative	κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐον katalutḗrion	κᾰτᾰλῠτηρῐ́ω katalutēríō	κᾰτᾰλῠτήρῐᾰ katalutḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταλυτήριον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “καταλυτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press