καταπάλτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-, “against”) +‎ πᾰ́λλω (pắllō, “I hurl”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης • (kătăpắltēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου); first declension

  1. catapult
  2. an instrument of torture

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης; τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης
ho kătăpắltēs 		τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
tṑ kătăpắltā 		οἱ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται
hoi kătăpắltai
Genitive τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου
toû kătăpắltou 		τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν
toîn kătăpắltain 		τῶν κᾰτᾰπᾰλτῶν
tôn kătăpăltôn
Dative τῷ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτῃ
tōî kătăpắltēi 		τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν
toîn kătăpắltain 		τοῖς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταις
toîs kătăpắltais
Accusative τὸν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτην
tòn kătăpắltēn 		τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
tṑ kătăpắltā 		τοὺς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱς
toùs kătăpắltās
Vocative κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾰ
kătăpắltă 		κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
kătăpắltā 		κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται
kătăpắltai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: catapulta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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