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κυβερνήτης
captain /ci.verˈni.tis/
nounB1#1197 most common
Also: governor, helmsman, pilot (of a ship or aircraft)
Example sentences
Ο κυβερνήτης είναι στο πλοίο.
The captain is on the ship.
Ο κυβερνήτης του αεροπλάνου καλωσόρισε τους επιβάτες.
The aircraft's captain welcomed the passengers.
Χρειαζόμαστε έναν έμπειρο κυβερνήτη για αυτό το ταξίδι.
We need an experienced captain for this voyage.
Ο κυβερνήτης έδωσε εντολή να σαλπάρουμε πριν την αυγή.
The captain gave the order to set sail before dawn.
Ο πρώτος κυβερνήτης της ανεξάρτητης Ελλάδας ήταν ο Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας.
The first governor of independent Greece was Ioannis Kapodistrias.
Στη μυθολογία, ο κυβερνήτης του πλοίου καλείται να το οδηγήσει ανάμεσα στη Σκύλλα και τη Χάρυβδη.
In mythology, the ship's helmsman is called to steer it between Scylla and Charybdis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ο κυβερνήτης | οι κυβερνήτες |
| Genitive | του κυβερνήτη | των κυβερνητών |
| Accusative | τον κυβερνήτη | τους κυβερνήτες |
| Vocative | κυβερνήτη | κυβερνήτες |
Word family
κυβερνάω / κυβερνώto steer a ship; to govern
κυβέρνησηgovernmentκυβερνητικόςgovernmentalκυβερνήτριαfemale captain or governor
κυβερνοχώροςcyberspace (modern coinage)
Etymology
The word comes from the verb κυβερνάω/κυβερνώ, meaning to steer or pilot a ship, joined with the agent suffix -τής, meaning one who does something. Scholars do not trace κυβερνάω to a secure Indo-European root; it is often treated as a Pre-Greek word, possibly borrowed from a Semitic language. The Greek word later passed into Latin as gubernare, and from there into English as govern and, via a 20th-century coinage, cybernetics.
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