Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πνεῦμᾰ (pneûmă, “breath, vital force, soul”) + ἅγῐος (hágĭos, “holy”), a calque of Hebrew רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (rū́aḥ haqqṓḏeš).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον • (Pneûmă tò Hágĭon) n (genitive Πνεύμᾰτος τοῦ Ἁγῐ́ου); third declension

  1. (Christianity) The Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit.

Declension

Irregular declension of τὸ Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον; τοῦ Πνεύμᾰτος τοῦ Ἁγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον
tò Pneûmă tò Hágĭon
Genitive τοῦ Πνεύμᾰτος τοῦ Ἁγῐ́ου
toû Pneúmătos toû Hagĭ́ou
Dative τῷ Πνεύμᾰτῐ τῷ Ἁγῐ́ῳ
tōî Pneúmătĭ tōî Hagĭ́ōi
Accusative τὸ Πνεῦμᾰ τὸ Ἅγῐον
tò Pneûmă tò Hágĭon
Vocative Πνεῦμᾰ Ἅγῐον
Pneûmă Hágĭon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Άγιον Πνεύμα (Ágion Pnévma)
  • → Latin: Spīritus Sānctus, spīritus sānctus (calque)
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