κατεπάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατα- (kata-) +‎ ἐπάνω (epánō)

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈpa.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈpa.no/

Adverb

κατεπάνω • (katepánō)

above, overhead
(nominalized, masculine) prefect, chief, commander

Descendants

→ Old Armenian: կատապան (katapan), կատեպան (katepan), կատպան (katpan) — for the 2nd sense only
- → Armenian: կատապան (katapan) (learned)
- → Old Georgian: კატაბანი (ḳaṭabani)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܛܐܒܢ (qaṭṭā(ʾ)bān)
→ English: catepan
→ Italian: catapano

Further reading

κατεπάνω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κατεπάνω”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 651