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καταγεώτης

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Full diacritics: καταγεώτης Medium diacritics: καταγεώτης Low diacritics: καταγεώτης Capitals: ΚΑΤΑΓΕΩΤΗΣ
Transliteration A: katageṓtēs Transliteration B: katageōtēs Transliteration C: katageotis Beta Code: katagew/ths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, gravedigger, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταγεώτης: -ου, ὁ, νεκροθάπτης, «καταγεῶται· οἱ θάπτοντες τοὺς τελευτῶντας, οἰκοῦσι δὲ ἔξω τῶν πόλεων» Ἡσύχ.

Greek Monolingual

καταγεώτης, ὁ (Α)
(Ησύχ.) ο νεκροθάφτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατά-γεως, αμάρτυρος παρλλ. τ. του κατά-γειος (πρβλ. λεπτό-γεως, μεσό-γεως)].

Translations

gravedigger

Aromanian: grupar; Belarusian: магі́льшчык, далакоп, грабар; Breton: bezier; Bulgarian: гробар; Catalan: enterramorts; Czech: hrobník, hrobař; Danish: graver; Dutch: grafdelver, doodgraver; Esperanto: tombisto; Estonian: hauakaevaja; Finnish: haudankaivaja; French: fossoyeur; Galician: coveiro, enterramortos; German: Totengräber, Totengräberin, Kuhlengräber; Greek: νεκροθάφτης; Ancient Greek: ἀνταφιαστής, ἐνταφεύς, ἐνταφιαστής, ἠριεργής, καταγεώτης, κοπιάτης, νεκροθάπτης, νεκροταφίς, νεκροτάφος, ταφεύς‎‎, τυμβοποιός, τυμβοχόος; Hungarian: sírásó; Irish: reiligire; Italian: becchino; Macedonian: гробар; Norman: fôssyi; Norwegian Bokmål: graver; Nynorsk: gravar; Polish: grabarz; Portuguese: coveiro; Romanian: gropar, săpător; Russian: могильщик, гробокопатель; Scottish Gaelic: adhlacair, cladhaire, maor; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: гро̀ба̄р; Roman: gròbār; Slovak: hrobár, hrobník; Slovene: grobar; Spanish: sepulturero, enterrador, panteonero; Swedish: dödgrävare; Turkish: mezarcı; Ukrainian: могильник, гробар; Yiddish: באַגרעבער‎