καταβολή

Ancient Greek

From κᾰτᾰβάλλω (katabállō, “to set down”) +‎ -η (-ē).

κᾰτᾰβολή • (katabolḗ) f (genitive κᾰτᾰβολῆς); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰτᾰβολή hē katabolḗ	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ katabolā́	αἱ κᾰτᾰβολαί hai katabolaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰτᾰβολῆς tês katabolês	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn katabolaîn	τῶν κᾰτᾰβολῶν tôn katabolôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰτᾰβολῇ têi katabolêi	τοῖν κᾰτᾰβολαῖν toîn katabolaîn	ταῖς κᾰτᾰβολαῖς taîs katabolaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰτᾰβολήν tḕn katabolḗn	τὼ κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ katabolā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s katabolā́s
Vocative	κᾰτᾰβολή katabolḗ	κᾰτᾰβολᾱ́ katabolā́	κᾰτᾰβολαί katabolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ). The 'exhaustion' sense is derived from the 'exhaust' sense of καταβάλλω (katavállo).^[1]

καταβολή • (katavolí) f (plural καταβολές)

payment, defrayal, defrayment
(chiefly in the plural) foundations, origins
από καταβολής κόσμου (sometimes hyperbolic)
apó katavolís kósmou
since the world began, since the dawn of time
(literally, “from the foundation of the world”)
(medicine) exhaustion
καταβολή δυνάμεων
katavolí dynámeon
loss of strength

^ καταβολή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language