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From: Miguel Catopodis <>
Subject: Re: [GREEK-SURNAMES] surnames and places
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:52:45 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000c01c4b843$6078b6e0$873305d5@pc>


Therese,
Thank you again for so thoughtfully explanations.

Best regards
Miguel Catopodis
Buenos Aires


> Hi Miguel,
>
> Your original question was concerning the origins of the name before the
> 17th century not after, and I was referring to the possibility that the name
> could have originated from the area from which they ORIGINALLY came. You
> said they have been in the village in Lefkatha since the 17th century, where
> were they before that?
>
> Now KATA has many meanings, it can be ANY of the following depending on the
> context in which it is used - Movement down, Direction, Repeat, Mention,
> Likeness, Reason.
> KATA is also used as a prefix to emphasise a word.
> And KATAPOTHI is a word in itself which means to follow immediately behind.
> But your name is KATOPOTHIS and I think you are trying to translate the
> words too literally which you can't really do with Greek/English. Kartopothi
> could even mean something like the foot of a hill??
>
> One of the Ionian Islands (can't remember off-hand which one) has an
> extensive archive, you would be best trying to contact them regarding the
> name. As I said previously it is an extremely localised name, not found
> elsewhere and I'm sure they would be able to set the record straight.
>
> All the best
> Therese.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miguel Catopodis" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [GREEK-SURNAMES] surnames and places
>
>
>> Hi Therese,
>> Thank you for your message.
>>
>> I know that my ancestors paradoxically lived in the upper side of a
>> Lefkada¹s village since the XVII century. So, the prefix "kato" as "down"
> or
>> low could be inexplicable in this case.
>>
>> Regarding the meaning, someone told me that the meaning of katopodis,
>> actually, come from "kata" that means "towards" or "go to", and "podis"
> the
>> greek word for foot. Something like "going by foot". It has more sense.
>>
>> Thank you again.
>> Regards
>>
>> Miguel
>
>
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