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καθαιρέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καθαιρέτης καθαιρέτου

Structure: καθαιρετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from kaqaire/w

Sense

  1. a putter down, overthrower

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σεσώκαμεν δὲ οὐ μόνον τὸν περὶ Θήβασ ἠτυχηκότα καὶ τῆσ Σφιγγὸσ καθαιρέτην Οἰδίποδα τὸν Λαί̈ου, ἐξεληλαμένον μὲν Θηβῶν τε καὶ πάσησ τῆσ Βοιωτίασ ὑπὸ τοῦ συγγενοῦσ Κρέοντοσ, καταφυγόντα δὲ ὡσ ἡμᾶσ, καὶ μεγίστησ ἀξιωθέντα προνοίασ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 55:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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