καταπάλτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰτᾰπέλτης (katapéltēs) — literary

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “against”) +‎ πᾰ́λλω (pállō, “I hurl”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.pál.tɛːs/ → /ka.taˈpal.tis/ → /ka.taˈpal.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.pál.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpal.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpal.tis/

Noun

κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης • (katapáltēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου); first declension

1. catapult
2. an instrument of torture

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης; τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης ho katapáltēs	τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ tṑ katapáltā	οἱ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται hoi katapáltai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου toû katapáltou	τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν toîn katapáltain	τῶν κᾰτᾰπᾰλτῶν tôn katapaltôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτῃ tôi katapáltēi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν toîn katapáltain	τοῖς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταις toîs katapáltais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτην tòn katapáltēn	τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ tṑ katapáltā	τοὺς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱς toùs katapáltās
Vocative	κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾰ katapálta	κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ katapáltā	κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται katapáltai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: catapulta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “καταπάλτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press