μαθητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰθη- (măthē-, combining form of μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō, “to learn”)) +‎ -τής m (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ma.θiˈtis/ → /ma.θiˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰe̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/

Noun

μᾰθητής • (măthētḗs) m (genitive μᾰθητοῦ, feminine μᾰθήτρῐᾰ or μᾰθητρῐ́ς); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. learner; pupil

   Synonym: φοιτητής (phoitētḗs)

   • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.77.1:

     ὡς […] Ἀνάχαρσις […] τῆς Ἑλλάδος μαθητὴς γένοιτο

     hōs […] Anákharsis […] tês Helládos mathētḕs génoito

     that Anacharsis became a student of Greece

   • c. 150 BCE, Moschus, Collected Works 3.95
   1. pupil of a philosopher or rhetorician
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 140
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315a
   2. disciple

Declension

First declension of ὁ μᾰθητής; τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰθητής ho măthētḗs	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	οἱ μᾰθηταί hoi măthētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ toû măthētoû	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τῶν μᾰθητῶν tôn măthētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰθητῇ tōî măthētēî	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τοῖς μᾰθηταῖς toîs măthētaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰθητήν tòn măthētḗn	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς toùs măthētā́s
Vocative	μᾰθητᾰ́ măthētắ	μᾰθητᾱ́ măthētā́	μᾰθηταί măthētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ μᾰθητής; τοῦ μᾰθητέω / μᾰθητῶ (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰθητής ho măthētḗs	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	οἱ μᾰθηταί hoi măthētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰθητέω / μᾰθητῶ toû măthētéō / măthētô	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τῶν μᾰθητέων / μᾰθητῶν tôn măthētéōn / măthētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰθητῇ tōî măthētēî	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μᾰθητῇσῐ / μᾰθητῇσῐν toîsĭ(n) măthētēîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰθητήν tòn măthētḗn	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς toùs măthētā́s
Vocative	μᾰθητᾰ́ măthētắ	μᾰθητᾱ́ măthētā́	μᾰθηταί măthētaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• μᾰθητεῐ́ᾱ (măthēteĭ́ā)
• μᾰθητεῐ́η (măthēteĭ́ē)
• μᾰθητεῖον (măthēteîon)
• μᾰθητέον (măthētéon)
  • κᾰτᾰμᾰθητέον (kătămăthētéon)
  • προσμᾰθητέον (prosmăthētéon)
• μᾰθητέος (măthētéos)
  • κᾰτᾰμᾰθητέος (kătămăthētéos)
  • προσμᾰθητέος (prosmăthētéos)
• μᾰθητεύτρᾱ (măthēteútrā)
• μᾰθητεύω (măthēteúō)
• μᾰθητῐᾰ́ω (măthētĭắō)
  • σῠμμᾰθητῐᾰ́ω (sŭmmăthētĭắō)
• μᾰθητῐκεύομαι (măthētĭkeúomai)
• μᾰθητῐκός (măthētĭkós)
  • κᾰτᾰμᾰθητῐκός (kătămăthētĭkós)
• μᾰθητῐῶ (măthētĭô)
  • σῠμμᾰθητῐῶ (sŭmmăthētĭô)
• μᾰθητός (măthētós)
  • ᾰ̓μᾰ́θητος (ămắthētos)
  • ᾰ̓ξῐομᾰ́θητος (ăxĭomắthētos)
  • *κᾰτᾰμᾰ́θητος (*kătămắthētos)
    • ᾰ̓κᾰτᾰμᾰ́θητος (ăkătămắthētos)
    • δῠσκᾰτᾰμᾰ́θητος (dŭskătămắthētos)
    • εὐκᾰτᾰμᾰ́θητος (eukătămắthētos)
• μᾰθήτρῐᾰ (măthḗtrĭă)
• μᾰθητρῐ́ς (măthētrĭ́s)
• σῠμμᾰθητής (sŭmmăthētḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: μαθητής (mathitís)
• → Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ (mathētēs)

Further reading

• “μαθητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3101 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαθητής (mathētḗs).

Noun

μαθητής • (mathitís) m (plural μαθητές, feminine μαθήτρια)

1. pupil; student; schoolboy
2. disciple

Declension

Declension of μαθητής

	singular	plural
nominative	μαθητής (mathitís)	μαθητές (mathités)
genitive	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητών (mathitón)
accusative	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητές (mathités)
vocative	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητές (mathités)

a literary genitive singular is found: μαθητού (mathitoú)

Coordinate terms

• αντάρτης m (antártis, “partisan; guerrilla”)
• απόστολος m (apóstolos, “apostle”)
• φοιτητής m (foititís, “undergraduate; university student”)

Related terms

• see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)