κατά

Alternative forms

• κάδ (kád) – Epic, before δέ (dé)
• κατ᾽ (kat᾽) – apocope before a vowel with smooth breathing
• καθ᾽ (kath᾽) – apocope before a vowel with rough breathing

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-teh₂, from *ḱóm. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (katta, “down from, at, with, under”) and perhaps Old Welsh cant (“with”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

κᾰτᾰ́ • (katá) (governs the genitive and accusative)

1. (+ genitive)
   1. downwards, down from
   2. into
   3. against
2. (+ accusative)
   1. downwards
   2. along, through, in
   3. towards
   4. during
   5. for, for the purpose of
   6. according to, in conformity with

Further reading

• κατά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κατά in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κατά in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κατά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• κατά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κατά in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2596 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• κατά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • about idem, page 2.
  • abuse idem, page 5.
  • accordance idem, page 7.
  • according to idem, page 7.
  • against idem, page 18.
  • agreeably idem, page 20.
  • along idem, page 25.
  • as idem, page 42.
  • base idem, page 64.
  • by idem, page 107.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • concerning idem, page 155.
  • connection idem, page 161.
  • defame idem, page 203.
  • down idem, page 249.
  • facing idem, page 300.
  • for idem, page 334.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • laugh idem, page 478.
  • libel idem, page 487.
  • mock idem, page 537.
  • off idem, page 569.
  • opposite idem, page 576.
  • reference idem, page 684.
  • regard idem, page 686.
  • regarding idem, page 686.
  • respect idem, page 703.
  • revile idem, page 710.
  • scoff idem, page 740.
  • search idem, page 746.
  • through idem, page 871.
  • throughout idem, page 871.
  • under idem, page 912.
  • up idem, page 937.
  • way idem, page 968.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612

Alternative forms

• κατ' (kat')
• καθ' (kath')

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κᾰτά (katá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta/

Preposition

κατά • (katá)

1. (with genitive) versus, against

   Έγινε έγκλημα κατά της Ελλάδας! ― Égine égklima katá tis Elládas! ― Crimes were committed against Greece!

   Antonym: υπέρ (ypér)

2. (with accusative) towards

   Το δωμάτιο βλέπει κατά την ανατολή. ― To domátio vlépei katá tin anatolí. ― The room faces towards the east

3. (with accusative) during

   κατά τη διάρκεια του ταξιδιού ― katá ti diárkeia tou taxidioú ― during the trip

4. (with accusative) around, about, close to

   Θα έρθω κατά τις έξι το απόγευμα. ― Tha értho katá tis éxi to apógevma. ― I will come at about six pm.

5. (with accusative) according

   κατά τον Γιώργο ... ― katá ton Giórgo ... ― according to George ...