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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

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

  • ἔπειτα τὰσ μὲν ἡνίασ περιβαλὼν περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καθέτω ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκρωμίᾳ, τὴν δὲ κορυφαίαν τῇ δεξιᾷ αἰρέτω, τὸ δὲ στόμιον τῇ ἀριστερᾷ προσφερέτω. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 8:2)
  • ὅταν δὲ περιενέγκῃ τὸν πόδα, τότε καὶ τὼ γλουτὼ καθέτω ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 3:2)
  • ἴση ἄρα ἡ ΖΘ κάθετοσ τῇ ΖΚ καθέτῳ. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop262)
  • Εἂν ἐν ὀρθογωνίῳ τριγώνῳ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὀρθῆσ γωνίασ ἐπὶ τὴν βάσιν κάθετοσ ἀχθῇ, τὰ πρὸσ τῇ καθέτῳ τρίγωνα ὅμοιά ἐστι τῷ τε ὅλῳ καὶ ἀλλήλοισ. (Euclid, Elements, book 6, type Prop173)
  • Εἂν ἄρα ἐν ὀρθογωνίῳ τριγώνῳ ἀπὸ τῆσ ὀρθῆσ γωνίασ ἐπὶ τὴν βάσιν κάθετοσ ἀχθῇ, τὰ πρὸσ τῇ καθέτῳ τρίγωνα ὅμοιά ἐστι τῷ τε ὅλῳ καὶ ἀλλήλοισ [ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι]. (Euclid, Elements, book 6, type Prop190)

Related

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

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