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

Declension

Derived terms

  • μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)

Descendants

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαθητής (mathētḗs).

Noun

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

  1. pupil, student, schoolboy
  2. disciple

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