κάθετος

From καθίημι (kathíēmi) +‎ -τος (-tos).

κάθετος • (káthetos) m or f (neuter κάθετον); second declension

1. having been let down (of a fishing line, plumb line etc.)
2. vertical, perpendicular
3. (Byzantine) camouflaged, disguised

• καθετικός (kathetikós)

• Greek: κάθετος (káthetos)
• →⇒ English: kathetal
• → Latin: cathetus
  • → English: cathetus
  • → French: cathète (learned)
    • → Khmer: កាតែត (kaataet)
  • → German: Kathete
  • → Italian: cateto (learned)
  • → Portuguese: cateto (learned)
  • → Spanish: cateto (learned)

• κάθετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κάθετος 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
• κάθετος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κάθετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos). Also substantivised. See the ancient verb καθίημι (kathíēmi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.θe.tos/
• Hyphenation: κά‧θε‧τος

κάθετος • (káthetos) m (feminine κάθετη or κάθετος, neuter κάθετο)

1. vertical, steep, sharp
2. (geometry) perpendicular, orthogonal, vertical (at or forming a right angle to)
3. (figuratively) unquestionable, straight

Compare the feminine forms to the declension of the #Noun.

• κάθετα (kátheta, “vertically”, adverb)
• κάθετο δοκάρι n (kátheto dokári, “goalpost”)
• ανάστροφη κάθετος f (anástrofi káthetos, “backslash”)

κάθετος • (káthetos) f (plural κάθετοι)

1. (typography) vertical line, slash, virgule
2. (typography) pipe

Compare to the declension of the #Adjective.

• κάθετος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• κάθετος - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)