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καταφρονητής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταφρονητής καταφρονητοῦ

Structure: καταφρονητ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from katafrone/w

Sense

  1. a despiser

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταφρονητής καταφρονητᾱ́ καταφρονηταί
Genitive καταφρονητοῦ καταφρονηταῖν καταφρονητῶν
Dative καταφρονητῇ καταφρονηταῖν καταφρονηταῖς
Accusative καταφρονητήν καταφρονητᾱ́ καταφρονητᾱ́ς
Vocative καταφρονητά καταφρονητᾱ́ καταφρονηταί

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

  • ἐκ τούτου διαπειρώμενοι κρύφα τῶν γνωρίμων οἷσ ἐπίστευον ἀνεκοινοῦντο καὶ προσελάμβανον, οὐ μόνον τῶν συνήθων ποιούμενοι τὴν αἱρ́εσιν, ἀλλ’ ὅσουσ ἠπίσταντο τολμητὰσ ὄντασ ἀγαθοὺσ καὶ θανάτου καταφρονητάσ. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 12 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι καταφρονητὰσ ποιοῦσι τῶν νόμων. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 33:1)

Synonyms

  1. a despiser

Similar forms

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

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