κατάστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of καθίστημι (kathístēmi) +‎ -σις (-sis); also analyzable as κατα- (kata-) +‎ στάσις (stásis).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tás.ta.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.ta.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.ta.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.ta.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.ta.sis/

Noun

κᾰτάστᾰσῐς • (kătástăsĭs) f (genitive κᾰταστάσεως); third declension

settlement, appointment, institution, ordinance
introduction, presentation
standing firm, a settled condition, fixedness
state, condition
constitution, system
(Byzantine) ritual, ceremonial protocol
(Byzantine) master of ceremonies
(Byzantine) platform

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰτᾰ́στᾰσῐς; τῆς κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰ́στᾰσῐς hē kătắstăsĭs	τὼ κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ kătăstắsei	αἱ κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεις hai kătăstắseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεως tês kătăstắseōs	τοῖν κᾰτᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn kătăstăséoin	τῶν κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεων tôn kătăstắseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σει tēî kătăstắsei	τοῖν κᾰτᾰστᾰσέοιν toîn kătăstăséoin	ταῖς κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεσῐ / κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs kătăstắsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰ́στᾰσῐν tḕn kătắstăsĭn	τὼ κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σει tṑ kătăstắsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεις tā̀s kătăstắseis
Vocative	κᾰτᾰ́στᾰσῐ kătắstăsĭ	κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σει kătăstắsei	κᾰτᾰστᾰ́σεις kătăstắseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καταστασιάζω (katastasiázō)

Descendants

→ English: catastasis
→ Latin: catasta
- Italian: catasta
- Portuguese: cadaste
  - → Spanish: codaste
    - → Catalan: codast
→ Romanian: catastasis

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κατάστασις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κατάστασις”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 646
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appointment idem, page 36.
- circumstance idem, page 133.
- composition idem, page 153.
- condition idem, page 157.
- consistency idem, page 163.
- constitution idem, page 164.
- construction idem, page 165.
- creation idem, page 183.
- designation idem, page 215.
- dispensation idem, page 236.
- economy idem, page 261.
- erection idem, page 281.
- establishment idem, page 283.
- fabric idem, page 299.
- form idem, page 338.
- formation idem, page 339.
- frame idem, page 342.
- initiation idem, page 441.
- institution idem, page 447.
- introduction idem, page 455.
- making idem, page 509.
- marshalling idem, page 515.
- nomination idem, page 559.
- ordinance idem, page 579.
- organisation idem, page 579.
- polity idem, page 625.
- position idem, page 628.
- regime idem, page 687.
- restoration idem, page 705.
- situation idem, page 780.
- state idem, page 812.
- structure idem, page 828.
- system idem, page 851.
- texture idem, page 863.
- tone idem, page 880.