i was just looking and came across the greek word for disciple which was mathetes, then i saw that the root word was mathete. in my gnt mathetes is used. what is the difference between mathete and mathetes?
charlie
Greek words take different endings depending on what case they’re used in.
To add to what spiphany has said; μαθητής is the word if it is the subject of the sentence. μαθητη- is not really even a word. The case ending has been removed to show the main “building block” of the word.
Where exactly have you found this word? mathete (μαθητή) is probably a modern Greek formation, perhaps singular genitive, or accusative (or vocative)… Mathetes (μαθητής, pronounced [mathitis]) is the nominative.