μαθητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰθη- (mathē-), a combining form of μᾰνθᾰ́νω (manthánō, “to learn”), + -τής (-tḗs, masculine 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 • (mathētḗs) m (genitive μᾰθητοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. learner, pupil
   • 460 BCE – 420 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

   • 200 BCE – 100 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

Declension

First declension of ὁ μᾰθητής; τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰθητής ho mathētḗs	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ mathētā́	οἱ μᾰθηταί hoi mathētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ toû mathētoû	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn mathētaîn	τῶν μᾰθητῶν tôn mathētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰθητῇ tôi mathētêi	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn mathētaîn	τοῖς μᾰθηταῖς toîs mathētaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰθητήν tòn mathētḗn	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ mathētā́	τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς toùs mathētā́s
Vocative	μᾰθητᾰ́ mathētá	μᾰθητᾱ́ mathētā́	μᾰθηταί mathētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)

Descendants

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

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

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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 •	μαθητές •
genitive	μαθητή •	μαθητών •
accusative	μαθητή •	μαθητές •
vocative	μαθητή •	μαθητές •
a scholarly genitive singular is found μαθητού

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)