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”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

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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