κατουλάς

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 23 October 2013

Etymology

From κατειλέω (kateiléō, “to wrap up, enclose”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tuː.lás/ → /ka.tuˈlas/ → /ka.tuˈlas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tuː.lás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.tuˈlas/

Noun

κᾰτουλᾰ́ς • (kătoulắs) f (genitive κᾰτουλᾰ́δος); third declension

1. shrouding
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 383
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1695

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰτουλᾰ́ς; τῆς κᾰτουλᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτουλᾰ́ς hē kătoulắs	τὼ κᾰτουλᾰ́δε tṑ kătoulắde	αἱ κᾰτουλᾰ́δες hai kătoulắdes
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτουλᾰ́δος tês kătoulắdos	τοῖν κᾰτουλᾰ́δοιν toîn kătoulắdoin	τῶν κᾰτουλᾰ́δων tôn kătoulắdōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτουλᾰ́δῐ têi kătoulắdĭ	τοῖν κᾰτουλᾰ́δοιν toîn kătoulắdoin	ταῖς κᾰτουλᾰ́σῐ / κᾰτουλᾰ́σῐν taîs kătoulắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτουλᾰ́δᾰ tḕn kătoulắdă	τὼ κᾰτουλᾰ́δε tṑ kătoulắde	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτουλᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s kătoulắdăs
Vocative	κᾰτουλᾰ́ς kătoulắs	κᾰτουλᾰ́δε kătoulắde	κᾰτουλᾰ́δες kătoulắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

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