κάττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάτα (káta) (medieval)

Etymology

Per Babiniotis, borrowed into Koiné Greek from Late Latin catta (“female cat”); see there for further information.^[1]

Per Beekes, of unknown ultimate origin, but related to the Latin counterpart as well as cognates in various other European languages.^[2]

Replaced αἴλουρος (aílouros) in later usage.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/ → /ˈka.ta/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkat.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/

Noun

κάττα • (kátta) f (genitive κάττης); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)

1. cat

   Synonym: αἴλουρος (aílouros)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ hē kátta	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā	αἱ κᾰ́τται hai káttai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ττης tês káttēs	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain	τῶν κᾰττῶν tôn kattôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ττῃ têi káttēi	τοῖν κᾰ́τταιν toîn káttain	ταῖς κᾰ́τταις taîs káttais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ττᾰν tḕn káttan	τὼ κᾰ́ττᾱ tṑ káttā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ττᾱς tā̀s káttās
Vocative	κᾰ́ττᾰ kátta	κᾰ́ττᾱ káttā	κᾰ́τται káttai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ττᾰ; τῆς κᾰ́ττης (Attic)

Related terms

• κάττος (káttos) (the masculine equivalent)

Descendants

• Mariupol Greek: ка́та (káta)

References

1. lemma "γάτα' - κάττα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάττα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 657

Further reading

• “κάττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press