κάτω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to κᾰτᾰ́ (katá).

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

κᾰ́τω • (kátō)

  1. downwards
  2. beneath, below
  3. in or to the underworld (Hades)
  4. on the coast
  5. southward

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: κάτω (káto)
  • Mariupol Greek: ка́ту (kátu)

Preposition

κᾰ́τω • (kátō) (governs the genitive)

  1. under, below

Further reading

  • κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κάτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κάτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κάτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κάτω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • κάτω - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάτω (kátō).

Compare Mariupol Greek ка́ту (kátu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.to/

Adverb

κάτω • (káto)

  1. down
  2. below, beneath
    Antonym: άνω (áno)

Synonyms

  • αποκάτω (apokáto, underneath)
  • παρακάτω (parakáto, further down)
  • κατα- (kata-, below)
  • στο κάτω κάτω της γραφής (sto káto káto tis grafís, eventually, in the end)
  • στο κάτω κάτω (sto káto káto, eventually, in the end)
  • κατώτερος (katóteros, lower, more inferior)

Further reading

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