καταρροή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “to flow down”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥o.ɛ̌ː/ → /ka.tar.roˈi/ → /ka.ta.roˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tar̥.r̥o.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tar.roˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.roˈi/

Noun

κᾰταρροή • (kătarrhoḗ) f (genitive κᾰταρροῆς); first declension

1. defluxion, flowing down

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰταρροή; τῆς κᾰταρροῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰταρροή hē kătarrhoḗ	τὼ κᾰταρροᾱ́ tṑ kătarrhoā́	αἱ κᾰταρροαί hai kătarrhoaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰταρροῆς tês kătarrhoês	τοῖν κᾰταρροαῖν toîn kătarrhoaîn	τῶν κᾰταρροῶν tôn kătarrhoôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰταρροῇ têi kătarrhoêi	τοῖν κᾰταρροαῖν toîn kătarrhoaîn	ταῖς κᾰταρροαῖς taîs kătarrhoaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰταρροήν tḕn kătarrhoḗn	τὼ κᾰταρροᾱ́ tṑ kătarrhoā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰταρροᾱ́ς tā̀s kătarrhoā́s
Vocative	κᾰταρροή kătarrhoḗ	κᾰταρροᾱ́ kătarrhoā́	κᾰταρροαί kătarrhoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταρροή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καταρροή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette