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
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 140
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315a
   2. disciple

Declension

Derived terms

• μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “μαθητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3101 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαθητής (mathētḗs).

Noun

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

1. pupil, student, schoolboy
2. disciple

Declension

Coordinate terms

• απόστολος m (apóstolos, “apostle”)
• αντάρτης m (antártis, “partisan, guerrilla”)
• φοιτητής m (foititís, “undergraduate, university student”)

Related terms

• see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)