καταπάλτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “against”) +‎ πᾰ́λλω (pállō, “I hurl”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης • (katapáltēs) m (genitive κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου); first declension

  1. catapult
  2. an instrument of torture

Declension
First declension of ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης; τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτης
ho katapáltēs		 τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
tṑ katapáltā		 οἱ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται
hoi katapáltai
Genitive τοῦ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτου
toû katapáltou		 τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν
toîn katapáltain		 τῶν κᾰτᾰπᾰλτῶν
tôn katapaltôn
Dative τῷ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτῃ
tôi katapáltēi		 τοῖν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταιν
toîn katapáltain		 τοῖς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λταις
toîs katapáltais
Accusative τὸν κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτην
tòn katapáltēn		 τὼ κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
tṑ katapáltā		 τοὺς κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱς
toùs katapáltās
Vocative κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾰ
katapálta		 κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λτᾱ
katapáltā		 κᾰτᾰπᾰ́λται
katapáltai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: catapulta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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