μαθητής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰe̝ˈte̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.θiˈtis/

Noun

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

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

First declension of ὁ μᾰθητής; τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰθητής ho măthētḗs	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	οἱ μᾰθηταί hoi măthētaí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰθητοῦ toû măthētoû	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τῶν μᾰθητῶν tôn măthētôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰθητῇ tôi măthētêi	τοῖν μᾰθηταῖν toîn măthētaîn	τοῖς μᾰθηταῖς toîs măthētaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰθητήν tòn măthētḗn	τὼ μᾰθητᾱ́ tṑ măthētā́	τοὺς μᾰθητᾱ́ς toùs măthētā́s
Vocative	μᾰθητᾰ́ măthētắ	μᾰθητᾱ́ măthētā́	μᾰθηταί măthētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal 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)

pupil, student, schoolboy
disciple

Declension

Declension of **μαθητής**
	singular	plural
nominative	μαθητής (mathitís)	μαθητές (mathités)
genitive	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητών (mathitón)
accusative	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητές (mathités)
vocative	μαθητή (mathití)	μαθητές (mathités)

a scholarly genitive singular is found μαθητού

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)

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