κατωβλέπων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰτώβλεπον (katṓblepon), κᾰτῶβλεψ (katôbleps)

Etymology

Substantive masculine present active participle of κατωβλέπω (katōblépō, “to look downwards”), from κᾰ́τω (kátō, “downwards”) +‎ βλέπω (blépō, “look”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tɔː.blé.pɔːn/ → /ka.toˈβle.pon/ → /ka.toˈvle.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tɔː.blé.pɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.toˈble.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.toˈβle.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.toˈvle.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.toˈvle.pon/

Noun

κᾰτωβλέπων • (katōblépōn) m (genitive κᾰτωβλέποντος); third declension

1. one looking down, down-looker
2. the name of an African animal

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων; τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων ho katōblépōn	τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ katōbléponte	οἱ κᾰτωβλέποντες hoi katōblépontes
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος toû katōblépontos	τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn katōblepóntoin	τῶν κᾰτωβλεπόντων tôn katōblepóntōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτωβλέποντῐ tôi katōbléponti	τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn katōblepóntoin	τοῖς κᾰτωβλέπουσῐ / κᾰτωβλέπουσῐν toîs katōblépousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτωβλέποντᾰ tòn katōbléponta	τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ katōbléponte	τοὺς κᾰτωβλέποντᾰς toùs katōblépontas
Vocative	κᾰτωβλέπον katōblépon	κᾰτωβλέποντε katōbléponte	κᾰτωβλέποντες katōblépontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• (perhaps) Latin: catōblepas

References

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