κατωβλέπων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾰτώβλεπον (kătṓblepon), κᾰτῶβλεψ (kătôbleps)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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 • (kătōblépōn) m (genitive κᾰτωβλέποντος); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων; τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων ho kătōblépōn	τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ kătōbléponte	οἱ κᾰτωβλέποντες hoi kătōblépontes
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος toû kătōblépontos	τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn kătōblepóntoin	τῶν κᾰτωβλεπόντων tôn kătōblepóntōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτωβλέποντῐ tôi kătōblépontĭ	τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn kătōblepóntoin	τοῖς κᾰτωβλέπουσῐ / κᾰτωβλέπουσῐν toîs kătōblépousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτωβλέποντᾰ tòn kătōblépontă	τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ kătōbléponte	τοὺς κᾰτωβλέποντᾰς toùs kătōblépontăs
Vocative	κᾰτωβλέπον kătōblépon	κᾰτωβλέποντε kătōbléponte	κᾰτωβλέποντες kătōblépontes
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