καταρρέω

See also: καταῤῥέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰτᾰ- (“downwards; fully;”) +‎ ῥέω (“flow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥é.ɔː/ → /ka.tarˈre.o/ → /ka.taˈre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥é.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tarˈre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈre.o/

Verb

κᾰτᾰρρέω • (katarrhéō)

1. flow down
2. stream, rush (of men)
3. drip

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• ἀντικᾰτᾰρρέω (antikatarrhéō, “flow down, drip in turn”)
• ᾰ̓ποκᾰτᾰρρέω (apokatarrhéō, “flow down from”)
• ἐπῐκᾰτᾰρρέω (epikatarrhéō, “run down”)
• κᾰτᾰρροή f (katarrhoḗ, “flowing down, defluxion”)
• κᾰτᾰ́ρροια f (katárrhoia, “καταρροή, κατάρρους”)
• κᾰτᾰρροϊκός (katarrhoïkós, “of a catarrh, catarrhal”) (medicine)
• κᾰτᾰρροϊστικός (katarrhoïstikós, “καταρροϊκός”)
• κᾰτᾰ́ρροος (katárrhoos, “down-flowing, catarrh”), contracted κᾰτᾰ́ρρους (katárrhous)
• κᾰτᾰρροώδης (katarrhoṓdēs, “subject to catarrh”)
• κᾰτᾰρρῠής (katarrhuḗs, “slipping away”)
• κᾰτᾰ́ρρυσις f (katárrhusis, “flowing down”)
• κᾰτᾰ́ρρυτος (katárrhutos, “irrigated, watered; flowing”)
• περικᾰτᾰρρέω (perikatarrhéō, “fall in and go to ruin”)
• συγκᾰτᾰρρέω (sunkatarrhéō, “flow down”)
• ψυγμοκᾰτᾰ́ρρους (psugmokatárrhous, “chill, catarrh”)

See also

• κᾰτᾰρρυθμίζω (katarrhuthmízō, “bring into rhythm”)
• κᾰτᾰ́ρρυθμος (katárrhuthmos, “very rhythmical”)

Descendants

• Greek: καταρρέω (katarréo)

References

• “καταρρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καταρρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καταρρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “καταρρέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταρρέω (“fall into ruins”). Morphologically, from κατα- (“fully”) +‎ ρέω (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈre.o/
• Hyphenation: κα‧ταρ‧ρέ‧ω

Verb

καταρρέω • (katarréo) (past κατέρρευσα, passive —)

1. collapse
2. (psychology) break down, collapse
3. (business) collapse, go under, fold

Conjugation

καταρρέω   (active forms only)

	Active voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg	καταρρέω	καταρρεύσω
2 sg	καταρρέεις	καταρρεύσεις
3 sg	καταρρέει	καταρρεύσει
1 pl	καταρρέουμε, [‑ομε]	καταρρεύσουμε, [‑ομε]
2 pl	καταρρέετε	καταρρεύσετε
3 pl	καταρρέουν(ε)	καταρρεύσουν(ε)
Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	κατέρρεα	κατέρρευσα
2 sg	κατέρρεες	κατέρρευσες
3 sg	κατέρρεε	κατέρρευσε
1 pl	καταρρέαμε	καταρρεύσαμε
2 pl	καταρρέατε	καταρρεύσατε
3 pl	κατέρρεαν, καταρρέαν(ε)	κατέρρευσαν, καταρρεύσαν(ε)
Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα καταρρέω ➤	θα καταρρεύσω ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα καταρρέεις, …	θα καταρρεύσεις, …
	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … καταρρεύσει
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … καταρρεύσει
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … καταρρεύσει
Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).
Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	κατάρρεε	κατάρρευσε
2 pl	καταρρέετε	καταρρεύστε
Other forms
Active present participle ➤	{καταρρέων, καταρρέουσα, καταρρέον} ➤
Active perfect participle ➤	έχοντας καταρρεύσει ➤
Passive perfect participle ➤	—
Nonfinite form ➤	καταρρεύσει
Notes     Appendix:Greek verbs	• (…) optional or informal.   […] rare.   {…} learned, archaic.  • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.  • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Related terms

• κατάρρευση f (katárrefsi, “collapse”)
• καταρροή f (katarroḯ, “catarrh”)
• κατάρροϊκός (katárroïkós, “catarrhal”) (medicine)
• κατάρρους m (katárrous, “catarrh”) (medicine, formal)
• ρύση f (rýsi, “flowing”)
• φυλλορροώ (fyllorroó, “literally: drop leaves; decline”)