Κάτων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Catō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.tɔːn/ → /ˈka.ton/ → /ˈka.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ton/

Proper noun

Κᾰ́των • (Kắtōn) m (genitive Κᾰ́τωνος); third declension

1. Cato

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰ́των; τοῦ Κᾰ́τωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́των ho Kắtōn	τὼ Κᾰ́τωνε tṑ Kắtōne	οἱ Κᾰ́τωνες hoi Kắtōnes
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰ́τωνος toû Kắtōnos	τοῖν Κᾰτώνοιν toîn Kătṓnoin	τῶν Κᾰτώνων tôn Kătṓnōn
Dative	τῷ Κᾰ́τωνῐ tôi Kắtōnĭ	τοῖν Κᾰτώνοιν toîn Kătṓnoin	τοῖς Κᾰ́τωσῐ / Κᾰ́τωσῐν toîs Kắtōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́τωνᾰ tòn Kắtōnă	τὼ Κᾰ́τωνε tṑ Kắtōne	τοὺς Κᾰ́τωνᾰς toùs Kắtōnăs
Vocative	Κᾰ́των Kắtōn	Κᾰ́τωνε Kắtōne	Κᾰ́τωνες Kắtōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κάτων (Káton), Κάτωνας (Kátonas)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005