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Preposition · Grammar concept

Preposition: κατά + genitive, accusative

κατά + genitive, accusative is a preposition topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.

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MorphologyPrep – κατά + genitive, accusative

  • The preposition κατά is an elision preposition that contracts identically to μετά (see 4.4.3.1; 17.4.3.1); e.g. κατά σε (κατά + consonant), κατ’ αὐτόν (κατ’ + smooth vowel), καθ’ ὑμᾶς (καθ’ + rough vowel)

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Paradigms for this concept

-ος, -α, -ον A.a.β-ευς B.a.γ.iii-γ, κ, χ endings C.a.ζ-δ, θ, ζ endings C.a.θ

Taught in these lessons

Lesson 18.3 Preposition – κατά + Genitive, accusative

Related preposition topics

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