κάτω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to κᾰτᾰ́ (katá).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.tɔː/ → /ˈka.to/ → /ˈka.to/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/

Adverb

κᾰ́τω • (kátō)

1. downwards
2. beneath, below
3. in or to the underworld (Hades)
4. on the coast
5. southward

Antonyms

• (most senses): ᾰ̓́νω (ánō)

Preposition

κᾰ́τω • (kátō) (governs the genitive)

1. under, below

Further reading

• “κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κάτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κάτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κάτω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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Greek

Adverb

κάτω • (káto)

1. down
2. below
3. beneath

Synonyms

• χάμω (chámo)

Related terms

• αποκάτω (apokáto, “underneath”)
• παρακάτω (parakáto, “further down”)
• κατα- (kata-, “below”)
• στο κάτω κάτω της γραφής (sto káto káto tis grafís, “eventually, in the end”)
• στο κάτω κάτω (sto káto káto, “eventually, in the end”)