Katheti
Katheti,(v.den.fr.kathā,cp.Sk.kathayate] aor.kathesi,inf.kathetuṁ & kathetave (Vin.I,359); Pass.kathīyati & katheti (Miln.22,cp.Trenckner,Notes 122); ppr.Pass.kathīyamāna & kacchamāna (A.III,181); grd.kathetabba,kathanīya & kaccha,-- 1.to speak,say,tell,relate (in detail:vitthārato PvA.77).mā kathesi (=mā bhaṇi) do not speak PvA.16.-- to tell (a story):J.I.2; IV,137; PvA.12,13.-- 2.to converse with J.VI,413; PvA.86 (=āmantayi).-- 3.to report,to inform J.V,460.-- 4.to recite DhA.I,166.-- 5.to expound,explain,preach J.I,30; Miln.131; DhA.I,88; Nd2 s.v.-- 6.to speak about (with Acc.) Vin.II,168.-- 7.to refer to J.I,307.-- 8.to answer or solve (a question) J.I,165; V,66.-- Caus II.kathāpeti to make say Mhvs 24,4 (aor.kathāpayi); DhA.II,35; KhA 118.(Page 184)