κατασπάω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κατα- (kata-) + σπάω (spáō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tas.pá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.tasˈpa.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.tasˈpa.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.tasˈpa.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.tasˈpa.o/
Verb
κᾰτᾰσπάω • (kătăspáō) (transitive)
Inflection
Present: κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ω, κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εις | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ει | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ετον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ετον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ομεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ετε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ῃς | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ῃ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ωμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ητε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιμῐ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οις | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰοίτην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιτε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιεν | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰ́σπᾰε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰέτω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ετον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰέτων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ετε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ομαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ῃ / κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ει | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εται | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰόμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ωμαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ῃ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ηται | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ησθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ησθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰώμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ησθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰοίμην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιτο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οισθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰοίσθην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰοίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οισθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ου | κᾰτᾰσπᾰέσθω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰέσθων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ειν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ουσᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰομένη | |||||||||||
| n | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́ον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: κᾰτᾰσπῶ, κᾰτᾰσπῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτᾰσπῶ | κᾰτᾰσπᾷς | κᾰτᾰσπᾷ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτον | κᾰτᾰσπῶμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτε | κᾰτᾰσπῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπῶ | κᾰτᾰσπᾷς | κᾰτᾰσπᾷ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτον | κᾰτᾰσπῶμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτε | κᾰτᾰσπῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπῴην / κᾰτᾰσπῷμῐ | κᾰτᾰσπῴης / κᾰτᾰσπῷς | κᾰτᾰσπῴη / κᾰτᾰσπῷ | κᾰτᾰσπῷτον / κᾰτᾰσπῴητον | κᾰτᾰσπῴτην / κᾰτᾰσπῳήτην | κᾰτᾰσπῷμεν / κᾰτᾰσπῴημεν | κᾰτᾰσπῷτε / κᾰτᾰσπῴητε | κᾰτᾰσπῷεν / κᾰτᾰσπῴησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰ́σπᾱ | κᾰτᾰσπᾱ́τω | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾱ́των | κᾰτᾰσπᾶτε | κᾰτᾰσπώντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κᾰτᾰσπῶμαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾷ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶται | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθον | κᾰτᾰσπώμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθε | κᾰτᾰσπῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπῶμαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾷ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶται | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθον | κᾰτᾰσπώμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθε | κᾰτᾰσπῶνται | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπῴμην | κᾰτᾰσπῷο | κᾰτᾰσπῷτο | κᾰτᾰσπῷσθον | κᾰτᾰσπῴσθην | κᾰτᾰσπῴμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπῷσθε | κᾰτᾰσπῷντο | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰσπῶ | κᾰτᾰσπᾱ́σθω | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾱ́σθων | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰτᾰσπᾶν | κᾰτᾰσπᾶσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰτᾰσπῶν | κᾰτᾰσπώμενος | ||||||||||
| f | κᾰτᾰσπῶσᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπωμένη | |||||||||||
| n | κᾰτᾰσπῶν | κᾰτᾰσπώμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: κᾰτέσπᾰον, κᾰτεσπᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτέσπᾰον | κᾰτέσπᾰες | κᾰτέσπᾰε(ν) | κᾰτεσπᾰ́ετον | κᾰτεσπᾰέτην | κᾰτεσπᾰ́ομεν | κᾰτεσπᾰ́ετε | κᾰτέσπᾰον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κᾰτεσπᾰόμην | κᾰτεσπᾰ́ου | κᾰτεσπᾰ́ετο | κᾰτεσπᾰ́εσθον | κᾰτεσπᾰέσθην | κᾰτεσπᾰόμεθᾰ | κᾰτεσπᾰ́εσθε | κᾰτεσπᾰ́οντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: κᾰτέσπων, κᾰτεσπώμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτέσπων | κᾰτέσπᾱς | κᾰτέσπᾱ | κᾰτεσπᾶτον | κᾰτεσπᾱ́την | κᾰτεσπῶμεν | κᾰτεσπᾶτε | κᾰτέσπων | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κᾰτεσπώμην | κᾰτεσπῶ | κᾰτεσπᾶτο | κᾰτεσπᾶσθον | κᾰτεσπᾱ́σθην | κᾰτεσπώμεθᾰ | κᾰτεσπᾶσθε | κᾰτεσπῶντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σω, κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σομαι, κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεις | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σει | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σετον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σετον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σομεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σετε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιμῐ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοις | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσοίτην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιτε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σομαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σῃ / κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σει | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεται | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσόμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σονται | ||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσοίμην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιτο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοισθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσοίσθην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσοίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοισθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σοιντο | |||||
| passive | indicative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσομαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσῃ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσεται | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησόμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσεσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσονται | ||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησοίμην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσοιο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσοιτο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσοισθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησοίσθην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησοίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσοισθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σειν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σεσθαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσόμενος | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησόμενος | |||||||||
| f | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σουσᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσομένη | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησομένη | ||||||||||
| n | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσόμενον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθησόμενον | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: κᾰτέσᾰσᾰ, κᾰτεσᾰσᾰ́μην, κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κᾰτέσᾰσᾰ | κᾰτέσᾰσᾰς | κᾰτέσᾰσε(ν) | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰτον | κᾰτεσᾰσᾰ́την | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰμεν | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰτε | κᾰτέσᾰσᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σῃς | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σῃ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σωμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σητε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιμῐ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σειᾰς / κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαις | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σειε(ν) / κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσαίτην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιτε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σειᾰν / κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιεν | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰ́σπᾰσον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́τω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́των | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰτε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | κᾰτεσᾰσᾰ́μην | κᾰτεσᾰ́σω | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰτο | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰσθον | κᾰτεσᾰσᾰ́σθην | κᾰτεσᾰσᾰ́μεθᾰ | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰσθε | κᾰτεσᾰ́σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σωμαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σῃ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σηται | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σησθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σησθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσώμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σησθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σωνται | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσαίμην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιτο | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαισθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσαίσθην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσαίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαισθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαιντο | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰ́σπᾰσαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́σθω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰσθον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́σθων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰσθε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθην | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθης | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθη | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθητον | κᾰτεσπᾰσθήτην | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθημεν | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθητε | κᾰτεσπᾰ́σθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῶ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῇς | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῇ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῆτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῆτον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῶμεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῆτε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείης | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείη | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθεῖτον / κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείτην / κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθειήτην | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθεῖμεν / κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείημεν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθεῖτε / κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείητε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθεῖεν / κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σθητῐ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήτω | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σθητον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθήτων | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σθητε | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθέντων | |||||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰσθαι | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθῆναι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾱς | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́μενος | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθείς | |||||||||
| f | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾱσᾰ | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰμένη | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
| n | κᾰτᾰσπᾰ́σᾰν | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσᾰ́μενον | κᾰτᾰσπᾰσθέν | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- κατάσπασις (katáspasis)
Further reading
- κατασπάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κατασπάω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κατασπάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press