Δεδομένου ότι άρχισε η επιβίβαση οχημάτων, ο καταπέλτης μένει ανοιχτός.

to remain

Breakdown of Δεδομένου ότι άρχισε η επιβίβαση οχημάτων, ο καταπέλτης μένει ανοιχτός.

• ανοιχτός: open
• αρχίζω: to begin
• ο καταπέλτης: the vehicle ramp

Questions & Answers about Δεδομένου ότι άρχισε η επιβίβαση οχημάτων, ο καταπέλτης μένει ανοιχτός.

Is δεδομένου ότι something I should learn as a single expression?

Yes. In practice, δεδομένου ότι is best learned as a fixed connector meaning given that, since, or seeing that.

A learner does not usually need to build it from scratch each time. In this sentence, it introduces the reason/background for the main statement:

• Δεδομένου ότι άρχισε η επιβίβαση οχημάτων, ...
• Given that vehicle boarding has begun, ...

It is especially common in formal, official, or written Greek.

Why is it δεδομένου and not some other form like δεδομένος or δεδομένη?

Because this is a frozen formal construction.

Historically, δεδομένου is a participial form in the genitive, but in modern Greek, when you see δεδομένου ότι, you usually treat it as a set phrase rather than something that changes to match a noun in the sentence.

So:

• δεδομένου ότι = a fixed formal linker
• not something you normally adjust for gender or number here

For most learners, the simplest approach is: memorize δεδομένου ότι as one unit.

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