μαθητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰθη- (mathē-), a combining form of μᾰνθᾰ́νω (manthánō, “to learn”), + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μᾰθητής • (mathētḗs) m (genitive μᾰθητοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

  1. learner, pupil
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.77.1:
      ὡς […] Ἀνάχαρσις […] τῆς Ἑλλάδος μαθητὴς γένοιτο
      hōs […] Anákharsis […] tês Helládos mathētḕs génoito
      that Anacharsis became a student of Greece
    • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Moschus, Collected Works 3.95
    1. pupil of a philosopher or rhetorician
    2. disciple

Declension
First declension of ὁ μᾰθητής; τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μᾰθητής
ho mathētḗs		 τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́
tṑ mathētā́		 οἱ μᾰθηταί
hoi mathētaí
Genitive τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ
toû mathētoû		 τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν
toîn mathētaîn		 τῶν μᾰθητῶν
tôn mathētôn
Dative τῷ μᾰθητῇ
tôi mathētêi		 τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν
toîn mathētaîn		 τοῖς μᾰθηταῖς
toîs mathētaîs
Accusative τὸν μᾰθητήν
tòn mathētḗn		 τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́
tṑ mathētā́		 τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς
toùs mathētā́s
Vocative μᾰθητᾰ́
mathētá		 μᾰθητᾱ́
mathētā́		 μᾰθηταί
mathētaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ (mathētēs)
  • Greek: μαθητής (mathitís)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαθητής (mathētḗs).

Noun

μαθητής • (mathitís) m (plural μαθητές, feminine μαθήτρια)

  1. pupil, student, schoolboy
  2. disciple

Declension
declension of μαθητής
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μαθητής • μαθητές •
genitive μαθητή • μαθητών •
accusative μαθητή • μαθητές •
vocative μαθητή • μαθητές •
a scholarly genitive singular is found μαθητού

Coordinate terms
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