Χριστός

See also: Χρίστος and χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    A noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “of an ointment, etc.: to be rubbed on; of a person: ceremonially anointed”)[1] (a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)) from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Χρῑστός • (Khrīstós) m (genitive Χρῑστοῦ); second declension

    1. Messiah or Christ, an epithet of Jesus of Nazareth

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ Χρῑστός; τοῦ Χρῑστοῦ (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ Χρῑστός
    ho Khrīstós     		τὼ Χρῑστώ
    tṑ Khrīstṓ     		οἱ Χρῑστοί
    hoi Khrīstoí
    Genitive τοῦ Χρῑστοῦ
    toû Khrīstoû     		τοῖν Χρῑστοῖν
    toîn Khrīstoîn     		τῶν Χρῑστῶν
    tôn Khrīstôn
    Dative τῷ Χρῑστῷ
    tōî Khrīstōî     		τοῖν Χρῑστοῖν
    toîn Khrīstoîn     		τοῖς Χρῑστοῖς
    toîs Khrīstoîs
    Accusative τὸν Χρῑστόν
    tòn Khrīstón     		τὼ Χρῑστώ
    tṑ Khrīstṓ     		τοὺς Χρῑστούς
    toùs Khrīstoús
    Vocative Χρῑστέ
    Khrīsté     		Χρῑστώ
    Khrīstṓ     		Χρῑστοί
    Khrīstoí
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρῑ́ω, -ομαι (> DER > 6. χριστός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1650

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    Greek

    Etymology

    From Byzantine Greek, from Koine Greek, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /xɾiˈstos/

    Proper noun

    Χριστός • (Christós) m

    1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)
      Coordinate term: (male given name) Χρίστος (Chrístos)

    Declension

    Declension of Χριστός
    singular
    nominative Χριστός (Christós)
    genitive Χριστού (Christoú)
    accusative Χριστό (Christó)
    vocative Χριστέ (Christé)

    the form Χριστόν is found

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