"κατα-" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κατα- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: κᾰτᾰ- [canonical], kata- [romanization]
Etymology: See κατά (katá). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|κατά}} κατά (katá) Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|head=κᾰτᾰ-}} κᾰτᾰ- • (kata-)
  1. back Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-κατα--grc-prefix-PEgjRvN1
  2. downwards Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-κατα--grc-prefix-A2ARov1m
  3. against Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-κατα--grc-prefix-pxjj6a76
  4. fully, completely Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-κατα--grc-prefix-Z3JSCUZ3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: κατ- (kat-) (english: before a vowel with smooth breathing), καθ- (kath-) (english: before a vowel with rough breathing)

Download JSON data for κατα- meaning in Ancient Greek (1.4kB)

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          "fully",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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