καταρροή

καταρροή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “to flow down”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥o.ɛ̌ː/ → /ka.tar.roˈi/ → /ka.ta.roˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥o.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.roˈi/

Noun

κᾰταρροή • (katarrhoḗ) f (genitive κᾰταρροῆς); first declension

1. defluxion, flowing down

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰταρροή; τῆς κᾰταρροῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰταρροή hē katarrhoḗ	τὼ κᾰταρροᾱ́ tṑ katarrhoā́	αἱ κᾰταρροαί hai katarrhoaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰταρροῆς tês katarrhoês	τοῖν κᾰταρροαῖν toîn katarrhoaîn	τῶν κᾰταρροῶν tôn katarrhoôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰταρροῇ têi katarrhoêi	τοῖν κᾰταρροαῖν toîn katarrhoaîn	ταῖς κᾰταρροαῖς taîs katarrhoaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰταρροήν tḕn katarrhoḗn	τὼ κᾰταρροᾱ́ tṑ katarrhoā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰταρροᾱ́ς tā̀s katarrhoā́s
Vocative	κᾰταρροή katarrhoḗ	κᾰταρροᾱ́ katarrhoā́	κᾰταρροαί katarrhoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταρροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καταρροή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette