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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

  • ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε καὶ θαυμάσατε θαυμάσια καὶ ἀφανίσθητε, διότι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ὑμῶν, ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τισ ἐκδιηγῆται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 1:5)
  • ὁ δὲ κατοιόμενοσ καὶ καταφρονητήσ, ἀνὴρ ἀλαζών, οὐθὲν μὴ περάνῃ, ὃσ ἐπλάτυνε καθὼσ ᾅδησ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὗτοσ ὡσ θάνατοσ οὐκ ἐμπιπλάμενοσ καὶ ἐπισυνάξει ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ εἰσδέξεται πρὸσ αὐτὸν πάντασ τοὺσ λαούσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:5)
  • οἱ προφῆται αὐτῆσ πνευματοφόροι, ἄνδρεσ καταφρονηταί. ἱερεῖσ αὐτῆσ βεβηλοῦσι τὰ ἅγια καὶ ἀσεβοῦσι νόμον. (Septuagint, Prophetia Sophoniae 3:4)
  • λόγων καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἢ καταφρονηταί. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 13 5:1)
  • καὶ πῶσ ἂν εἰή χρημάτων καταφρονητὴσ ὁ σοφόσ, ὑπὸ συγγραφὴν ἐπ’ ἀργυρίῳ τὴν ἀρετὴν παραδιδούσ, κἂν μὴ παραδῷ τὸ μισθάριον εἰσπράττων, ὡσ,· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 20 18:1)

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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