καταλυτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταλύω (katalúō, “put an end to something”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “a suffix forming masculine agent nouns”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ly.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ka.ta.lyˈtir/ → /ka.ta.liˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ly.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.liˈtir/

Verb

κᾰτᾰλῠτήρ • (katalutḗr) m (genitive κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρος); third declension

1. arbitrator

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρ; τοῦ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτᾰλῠτήρ ho katalutḗr	τὼ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρε tṑ katalutêre	οἱ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρες hoi katalutêres
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρος toû katalutêros	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλῠτήροιν toîn katalutḗroin	τῶν κᾰτᾰλῠτήρων tôn katalutḗrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρῐ tôi katalutêri	τοῖν κᾰτᾰλῠτήροιν toîn katalutḗroin	τοῖς κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρσῐ / κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρσῐν toîs katalutêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρᾰ tòn katalutêra	τὼ κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρε tṑ katalutêre	τοὺς κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρᾰς toùs katalutêras
Vocative	κᾰτᾰλῠτήρ katalutḗr	κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρε katalutêre	κᾰτᾰλῠτῆρες katalutêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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