κάθοδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κατά (katá, “down”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.tʰo.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.tʰo.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.θo.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.θo.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.θo.ðos/
Noun
κᾰ́θοδος • (kắthodos) f (genitive κᾰθόδου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰ́θοδος hē kắthodos |
τὼ κᾰθόδω tṑ kăthódō |
αἱ κᾰ́θοδοι hai kắthodoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰθόδου tês kăthódou |
τοῖν κᾰθόδοιν toîn kăthódoin |
τῶν κᾰθόδων tôn kăthódōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰθόδῳ tēî kăthódōi |
τοῖν κᾰθόδοιν toîn kăthódoin |
ταῖς κᾰθόδοις taîs kăthódois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰ́θοδον tḕn kắthodon |
τὼ κᾰθόδω tṑ kăthódō |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰθόδους tā̀s kăthódous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́θοδε kắthode |
κᾰθόδω kăthódō |
κᾰ́θοδοι kắthodoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “κάθοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάθοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κάθοδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- recall idem, page 678.
- reinstatement idem, page 688.
- restoration idem, page 705.
- return idem, page 708.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κᾰ́θοδος (kắthodos).
Noun
κάθοδος • (káthodos) f (plural κάθοδοι)
- (physics, chemistry, electricity) cathode
- Antonyms: άνοδος (ánodos), ιόν (ión)
- Coordinate terms: ηλεκτρόδιο (ilektródio), ιόν (ión)
- decrease
- descent, route downwards
- route southwards
- (politics) participation in an election
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κάθοδος (káthodos) | κάθοδοι (káthodoi) |
| genitive | καθόδου (kathódou) | καθόδων (kathódon) |
| accusative | κάθοδο (káthodo) | καθόδους (kathódous) |
| vocative | κάθοδε (káthode) κάθοδο (káthodo) |
κάθοδοι (káthodoi) |
Further reading
- Ηλεκτρόδιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el