καταβαίνω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- καβαίνω (kabaínō) — Poetic
Etymology
[edit]From κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “down”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.bǎi̯.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈbɛ.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈβɛ.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈve.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈve.no/
Verb
[edit]κᾰτᾰβαίνω • (katabaínō)
- to step down, to go or come down
- to dismount from a chariot or a horse
- to go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia
- to come to land, get safely ashore
- to go down into the arena, to fight, wrestle, race
- (of an orator) to come down from the tribune
- (rarely of things)
- (figuratively)
- to come to in a course of speaking
- to come to the same point, agree
- to come down, fall
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 1.51
- to condescend
- to come to in a course of speaking
- to go one's way, advance
Inflection
[edit] Present: κᾰτᾰβαίνω, κᾰτᾰβαίνομαι
Imperfect: κᾰτέβαινον, κᾰτεβαινόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κᾰτέβαινον | κᾰτέβαινες | κᾰτέβαινε(ν) | κᾰτεβαίνετον | κᾰτεβαινέτην | κᾰτεβαίνομεν | κᾰτεβαίνετε | κᾰτέβαινον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | κᾰτεβαινόμην | κᾰτεβαίνου | κᾰτεβαίνετο | κᾰτεβαίνεσθον | κᾰτεβαινέσθην | κᾰτεβαινόμεθᾰ | κᾰτεβαίνεσθε | κᾰτεβαίνοντο | ||||
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: κᾰτᾰβήσομαι, κᾰτᾰβηθήσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | κᾰτᾰβήσομαι | κᾰτᾰβήσῃ, κᾰτᾰβήσει |
κᾰτᾰβήσεται | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰβησόμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθε | κᾰτᾰβήσονται | ||||
optative | κᾰτᾰβησοίμην | κᾰτᾰβήσοιο | κᾰτᾰβήσοιτο | κᾰτᾰβήσοισθον | κᾰτᾰβησοίσθην | κᾰτᾰβησοίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσοισθε | κᾰτᾰβήσοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | κᾰτᾰβηθήσομαι | κᾰτᾰβηθήσῃ | κᾰτᾰβηθήσεται | κᾰτᾰβηθήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰβηθήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰβηθησόμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβηθήσεσθε | κᾰτᾰβηθήσονται | ||||
optative | κᾰτᾰβηθησοίμην | κᾰτᾰβηθήσοιο | κᾰτᾰβηθήσοιτο | κᾰτᾰβηθήσοισθον | κᾰτᾰβηθησοίσθην | κᾰτᾰβηθησοίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβηθήσοισθε | κᾰτᾰβηθήσοιντο | |||||
middle | passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθαι | κᾰτᾰβηθήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | κᾰτᾰβησόμενος | κᾰτᾰβηθησόμενος | ||||||||||
f | κᾰτᾰβησομένη | κᾰτᾰβηθησομένη | |||||||||||
n | κᾰτᾰβησόμενον | κᾰτᾰβηθησόμενον | |||||||||||
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: κᾰτέβην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κᾰτέβην | κᾰτέβης | κᾰτέβη | κᾰτέβητον | κᾰτεβήτην | κᾰτέβημεν | κᾰτέβητε | κᾰτέβησᾰν/κᾰτέβαν | ||||
subjunctive | κᾰτᾰβῶ | κᾰτᾰβῇς | κᾰτᾰβῇ | κᾰτᾰβῆτον | κᾰτᾰβῆτον | κᾰτᾰβῶμεν/κᾰτᾰβήομεν | κᾰτᾰβῆτε | κᾰτᾰβῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | κᾰτᾰβαίην | κᾰτᾰβαίης | κᾰτᾰβαίη/κᾰτάβοι | κᾰτᾰβαῖτον, κᾰτᾰβαίητον |
κᾰτᾰβαίτην, κᾰτᾰβαιήτην |
κᾰτᾰβαῖμεν, κᾰτᾰβαίημεν |
κᾰτᾰβαῖτε, κᾰτᾰβαίητε |
κᾰτᾰβαῖεν, κᾰτᾰβαίησᾰν | |||||
imperative | κᾰτᾰ́βηθῐ | κᾰτᾰβήτω | κᾰτᾰ́βητον | κᾰτᾰβήτων | κᾰτᾰ́βητε | κᾰτᾰβᾰ́ντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | κᾰτᾰβῆναι/καταβήμεναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | κᾰτᾰβᾱ́ς/καββᾱ́ς | |||||||||||
f | κᾰτᾰβᾶσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | κᾰτᾰβᾰ́ν | ||||||||||||
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: κᾰτεβησᾰ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | κᾰτεβησᾰ́μην | κᾰτεβήσω | κᾰτεβήσᾰτο | κᾰτεβήσᾰσθον | κᾰτεβησᾰ́σθην | κᾰτεβησᾰ́μεθᾰ | κᾰτεβήσᾰσθε | κᾰτεβήσᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | κᾰτᾰβήσωμαι | κᾰτᾰβήσῃ | κᾰτᾰβήσηται | κᾰτᾰβήσησθον | κᾰτᾰβήσησθον | κᾰτᾰβησώμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσησθε | κᾰτᾰβήσωνται | |||||
optative | κᾰτᾰβησαίμην | κᾰτᾰβήσαιο | κᾰτᾰβήσαιτο | κᾰτᾰβήσαισθον | κᾰτᾰβησαίσθην | κᾰτᾰβησαίμεθᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσαισθε | κᾰτᾰβήσαιντο | |||||
imperative | κᾰτᾰ́βησαι | κᾰτᾰβησᾰ́σθω | κᾰτᾰβήσᾰσθον | κᾰτᾰβησᾰ́σθων | κᾰτᾰβήσᾰσθε | κᾰτᾰβησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | κᾰτᾰβήσᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | κᾰτᾰβησᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
f | κᾰτᾰβησᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
n | κᾰτᾰβησᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
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: κᾰτεβησόμην (Epic)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | κᾰτεβησόμην | κᾰτεβήσεο | κᾰτεβήσετο | κᾰτεβήσεσθον | κᾰτεβησέσθην | κᾰτεβησόμε(σ)θᾰ | κᾰτεβήσεσθε | κᾰτεβήσοντο | ||||
subjunctive | κᾰτᾰβήσωμαι | κᾰτᾰβήσηαι | κᾰτᾰβήσηται | κᾰτᾰβήσησθον | κᾰτᾰβήσησθον | κᾰτᾰβησώμε(σ)θᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσησθε | κᾰτᾰβήσωνται | |||||
optative | κᾰτᾰβησοίμην | κᾰτᾰβήσοιο | κᾰτᾰβήσοιτο | κᾰτᾰβήσοισθον | κᾰτᾰβησοίσθην | κᾰτᾰβησοίμε(σ)θᾰ | κᾰτᾰβήσοισθε | κᾰτᾰβησοίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | κᾰτᾰβήσεο | κᾰτᾰβησέσθω | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθον | κᾰτᾰβησέσθων | κᾰτᾰβήσεσθε | κᾰτᾰβησέσθων | |||||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | κᾰτᾰβησέσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | κᾰτᾰβησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | κᾰτᾰβησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | κᾰτᾰβησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: κᾰτᾰβέβηκᾰ, κᾰτᾰβέβημαι
Related terms
[edit]- καταιβατός (kataibatós)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “καταβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καταβαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καταβαίνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καταβαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καταβαίνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καταβαίνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2597 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with κατα-
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms