καταλυτής

See also: καταλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταλύω (katalúō, “destroy, solve”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.liˈtis/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lyˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.liˈtis/

Noun

καταλυτής • (katalutḗs) m (genitive καταλυτοῦ); first declension

1. (Byzantine) destroyer, resolver, abolisher

Declension

First declension of ὁ καταλυτής; τοῦ καταλυτοῦ (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καταλυτής ho katalutḗs	οἱ καταλυταί hoi katalutaí
Genitive	τοῦ καταλυτοῦ toû katalutoû	τῶν καταλυτῶν tôn katalutôn
Dative	τῷ καταλυτῇ tôi katalutêi	τοῖς καταλυταῖς toîs katalutaîs
Accusative	τὸν καταλυτήν tòn katalutḗn	τοὺς καταλυτᾱ́ς toùs katalutā́s
Vocative	καταλυτᾰ́ katalutá	καταλυταί katalutaí

Further reading

• καταλυτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καταλυτής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• καταλυτής - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.