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κάθετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάθετος κάθετον

Structure: καθετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kaqi/hmi

Sense

  1. let down, a fishing-line

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative κάθετος κάθετον
Genitive καθέτου καθέτου
Dative καθέτῳ καθέτῳ
Accusative κάθετον κάθετον
Vocative κάθετε κάθετον
DualN/A/V καθέτω καθέτω
G/D καθέτοιν καθέτοιν
PluralNominative κάθετοι κάθετα
Genitive καθέτων καθέτων
Dative καθέτοις καθέτοις
Accusative καθέτους κάθετα
Vocative κάθετοι κάθετα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κάθετος καθέτου καθετώτερος καθετωτέρου καθετώτατος καθετωτάτου
Adverb καθέτως καθετώτερον καθετώτατα

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

  • Ἐν κύκλῳ ἴσον ἀπέχειν ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου εὐθεῖαι λέγονται, ὅταν αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου ἐπ’ αὐτὰσ κάθετοι ἀγόμεναι ἴσαι ὦσιν. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Def4)
  • Εἰλήφθω γὰρ τὸ κέντρον τοῦ ΑΒΓΔ κύκλου καὶ ἔστω τὸ Ε, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ε ἐπὶ τὰσ ΑΒ, ΓΔ κάθετοι ἤχθωσαν αἱ ΕΖ, ΕΗ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΑΕ, ΕΓ. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop239)
  • ἐν δὲ κύκλῳ ἴσον ἀπέχειν ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου εὐθεῖαι λέγονται, ὅταν αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου ἐπ’ αὐτὰσ κάθετοι ἀγόμεναι ἴσαι ὦσιν· (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop255)
  • Ἤχθωσαν γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ε κέντρου ἐπὶ τὰσ ΒΓ, ΖΗ κάθετοι αἱ ΕΘ, ΕΚ. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop274)
  • Μὴ ἔστωσαν δὴ αἱ ΑΓ, ΔΒ διὰ τοῦ κέντρου, καὶ εἰλήφθω τὸ κέντρον τοῦ ΑΒΓΔ, καὶ ἔστω τὸ Ζ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ζ ἐπὶ τὰσ ΑΓ, ΔΒ εὐθείασ κάθετοι ἤχθωσαν αἱ ΖΗ, ΖΘ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΖΒ, ΖΓ, ΖΕ. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop602)

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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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