κατήγορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-, “against”) + the root of ᾰ̓γορεύω (ăgoreúō, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tɛ̌ː.ɡo.ros/ → /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/ → /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tɛ̌ː.ɡo.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈte̝.ɡo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ros/

Noun

κᾰτήγορος • (kătḗgoros) m (genitive κᾰτηγόρου); second declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. accuser
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.71
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 814
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Against Alcibiades 16
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Olive Stump 11
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 18a

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰτήγορος ho kătḗgoros	τὼ κᾰτηγόρω tṑ kătēgórō	οἱ κᾰτήγοροι hoi kătḗgoroi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰτηγόρου toû kătēgórou	τοῖν κᾰτηγόροιν toîn kătēgóroin	τῶν κᾰτηγόρων tôn kătēgórōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰτηγόρῳ tôi kătēgórōi	τοῖν κᾰτηγόροιν toîn kătēgóroin	τοῖς κᾰτηγόροις toîs kătēgórois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰτήγορον tòn kătḗgoron	τὼ κᾰτηγόρω tṑ kătēgórō	τοὺς κᾰτηγόρους toùs kătēgórous
Vocative	κᾰτήγορε kătḗgore	κᾰτηγόρω kătēgórō	κᾰτήγοροι kătḗgoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ κᾰτήγορος; τοῦ κᾰτηγόρου (Attic)

Derived terms

• δημόσῐος κᾰτήγορος (dēmósĭos kătḗgoros)
• κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)
• κᾰτηγορικός (kătēgorikós)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓γείρω (ăgeírō)

Descendants

• → Greek: κατήγορος (katígoros) (learned)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κατήγορος (katḗgoros), from Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros, “accuser”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈti.ɣo.ɾos/
• Hyphenation: κα‧τή‧γο‧ρος

Noun

κατήγορος • (katígoros) m or f

1. accuser
2. (law) prosecutor, prosecuting attorney, prosecuting advocate, prosecution counsel

   δημόσιος κατήγορος ― dimósios katígoros ― public prosecutor

Declension

(masculine):

Declension of κατήγορος

	singular	plural
nominative	κατήγορος (katígoros)	κατήγοροι (katígoroi)
genitive	κατήγορου (katígorou) κατηγόρου (katigórou)	κατήγορων (katígoron) κατηγόρων (katigóron)
accusative	κατήγορο (katígoro)	κατήγορους (katígorous) κατηγόρους (katigórous)
vocative	κατήγορε (katígore)	κατήγοροι (katígoroi)

Second forms are formal.  (feminine):

Declension of κατήγορος

	singular	plural
nominative	κατήγορος (katígoros)	κατήγοροι (katígoroi)
genitive	κατηγόρου (katigórou)	κατηγόρων (katigóron)
accusative	κατήγορο (katígoro)	κατηγόρους (katigórous)
vocative	κατήγορε (katígore) κατήγορο (katígoro)	κατήγοροι (katígoroi)

Alternative nominate/accusative/vocative plural: κατήγορες

Derived terms

• δημόσιος κατήγορος m (dimósios katígoros)

 

See also

• εισαγγελέας m or f (eisangeléas)
• συνήγορος m or f (synígoros)

References

1. κατήγορος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language