κάττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”); see there for further information.[1]

Per Beekes, of unknown ultimate origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.[2]

Replaced αἴλουρος (aílouros) in later usage.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. cat
    Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ; τῆς κᾰ́ττης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ
hē kắttă 		τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ
tṑ kắttā 		αἱ κᾰ́τται
hai kắttai
Genitive τῆς κᾰ́ττης
tês kắttēs 		τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν
toîn kắttain 		τῶν κᾰττῶν
tôn kăttôn
Dative τῇ κᾰ́ττῃ
tēî kắttēi 		τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν
toîn kắttain 		ταῖς κᾰ́τταις
taîs kắttais
Accusative τὴν κᾰ́ττᾰν
tḕn kắttăn 		τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ
tṑ kắttā 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ττᾱς
tā̀s kắttās
Vocative κᾰ́ττᾰ
kắttă 		κᾰ́ττᾱ
kắttā 		κᾰ́τται
kắttai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)

Descendants

  • Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)

References

  1. ^ lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάττα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 657

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