κάττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάτα (káta) (medieval)

Etymology

Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”); see there for further information.

Per Beekes, of unknown ultimate origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.

Replaced αἴλουρος (aílouros) in later usage.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/ → /ˈka.ta/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/

Noun

κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Medieval)

1. cat

   Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ; τῆς κᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ hē kắttă	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ kắttā	αἱ κᾰ́τται hai kắttai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ττης tês kắttēs	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn kắttain	τῶν κᾰττῶν tôn kăttôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ττῃ tēî kắttēi	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn kắttain	ταῖς κᾰ́τταις taîs kắttais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ττᾰν tḕn kắttăn	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ kắttā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s kắttās
Vocative	κᾰ́ττᾰ kắttă	κᾰ́ττᾱ kắttā	κᾰ́τται kắttai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)

Descendants

• Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)
• >? Medieval Greek: γάτα (gáta) (or directly from Latin or Romance)
  • Modern Greek: γάτα (gáta)

Further reading

• “κάττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press