κατα | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

κατά is a preposition taking the genitive (and occasionally the accusative), with primary senses of "down from; along; through; against" and, in phrases of standard or rule, "according to; in accordance with."

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Grammatical Analysis

"κατα"

Function: preposition or prefix; 'κατα' is used as a preposition meaning 'down', 'according to', 'against', etc.; it also functions as a verbal prefix intensifying or altering meaning.

Related Forms of κατά

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

κατά preposition kata preposition κατὰ preposition καθ’ preposition

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