προκαταβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

By surface analysis, προ- (pro-) +‎ κατα- (kata-) +‎ βολή (bolḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /pro.ka.ta.βoˈli/ → /pro.ka.ta.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.ka.ta.voˈli/

Noun

προκᾰτᾰβολή • (prokatabolḗ) f (genitive προκᾰτᾰβολῆς); first declension

1. payment on account; caution money paid down by a farmer of the revenue

Declension

First declension of ἡ προκᾰτᾰβολή; τῆς προκᾰτᾰβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προκᾰτᾰβολή hē prokatabolḗ	τὼ προκᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ prokatabolā́	αἱ προκᾰτᾰβολαί hai prokatabolaí
Genitive	τῆς προκᾰτᾰβολῆς tês prokatabolês	τοῖν προκᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn prokatabolaîn	τῶν προκᾰτᾰβολῶν tôn prokatabolôn
Dative	τῇ προκᾰτᾰβολῇ têi prokatabolêi	τοῖν προκᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn prokatabolaîn	ταῖς προκᾰτᾰβολαῖς taîs prokatabolaîs
Accusative	τὴν προκᾰτᾰβολήν tḕn prokatabolḗn	τὼ προκᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ prokatabolā́	τᾱ̀ς προκᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s prokatabolā́s
Vocative	προκᾰτᾰβολή prokatabolḗ	προκᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ prokatabolā́	προκᾰτᾰβολαί prokatabolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: προκαταβολή (prokatavolí)

Further reading

• “προκαταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προκαταβολή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek προκαταβολή (prokatabolḗ, “guarantee amount”).

Noun

προκαταβολή • (prokatavolí) f (plural προκαταβολές)

1. deposit, prepayment

Declension

Declension of προκαταβολή

	singular	plural
nominative	προκαταβολή •	προκαταβολές •
genitive	προκαταβολής •	προκαταβολών •
accusative	προκαταβολή •	προκαταβολές •
vocative	προκαταβολή •	προκαταβολές •

Synonyms

• (advance, prepayment): αβάντσα f (avántsa)