καταβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰβάλλω (kătăbállō, “to set down”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /ka.ta.βoˈli/ → /ka.ta.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.voˈli/

Noun

κᾰτᾰβολή • (kătăbolḗ) f (genitive κᾰτᾰβολῆς); first declension

1. building, structure, foundation

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰβολή; τῆς κᾰτᾰβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰβολή hē kătăbolḗ	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ kătăbolā́	αἱ κᾰτᾰβολαί hai kătăbolaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰβολῆς tês kătăbolês	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn kătăbolaîn	τῶν κᾰτᾰβολῶν tôn kătăbolôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰβολῇ têi kătăbolêi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn kătăbolaîn	ταῖς κᾰτᾰβολαῖς taîs kătăbolaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰβολήν tḕn kătăbolḗn	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ kătăbolā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s kătăbolā́s
Vocative	κᾰτᾰβολή kătăbolḗ	κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ kătăbolā́	κᾰτᾰβολαί kătăbolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καταβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • access idem, page 5.
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  • fit idem, page 323.
  • seizure idem, page 750.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ). The 'exhaustion' sense is derived from the 'exhaust' sense of καταβάλλω (katavállo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.voˈli/
• Hyphenation: κα‧τα‧βο‧λή

Noun

καταβολή • (katavolí) f (plural καταβολές)

1. payment, defrayal, defrayment
2. (chiefly in the plural) foundations, origins

   από καταβολής κόσμου (sometimes hyperbolic)

   apó katavolís kósmou

   since the world began, since the dawn of time

   (literally, “from the foundation of the world”)

3. (medicine) exhaustion

   καταβολή δυνάμεων

   katavolí dynámeon

   loss of strength

Declension

Declension of καταβολή

	singular	plural
nominative	καταβολή (katavolí)	καταβολές (katavolés)
genitive	καταβολής (katavolís)	καταβολών (katavolón)
accusative	καταβολή (katavolí)	καταβολές (katavolés)
vocative	καταβολή (katavolí)	καταβολές (katavolés)

Derived terms

• από καταβολής κόσμου (apó katavolís kósmou)

Related terms

• καταβάλλω (katavállo)