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 • (Kátōn) m (genitive Κᾰ́τωνος); third declension

1. Cato

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰ́των; τοῦ Κᾰ́τωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́των ho Kátōn	τὼ Κᾰ́τωνε tṑ Kátōne	οἱ Κᾰ́τωνες hoi Kátōnes
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰ́τωνος toû Kátōnos	τοῖν Κᾰτώνοιν toîn Katṓnoin	τῶν Κᾰτώνων tôn Katṓnōn
Dative	τῷ Κᾰ́τωνῐ tôi Kátōni	τοῖν Κᾰτώνοιν toîn Katṓnoin	τοῖς Κᾰ́τωσῐ / Κᾰ́τωσῐν toîs Kátōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́τωνᾰ tòn Kátōna	τὼ Κᾰ́τωνε tṑ Kátōne	τοὺς Κᾰ́τωνᾰς toùs Kátōnas
Vocative	Κᾰ́των Kátōn	Κᾰ́τωνε Kátōne	Κᾰ́τωνες Kátōnes
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