βαπτιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, “to baptise”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰπτῐστής • (băptĭstḗs) m (genitive βᾰπτῐστοῦ); first declension

  1. baptist (commonly as an epithet of John the Baptist)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ βᾰπτῐστής; τοῦ βᾰπτῐστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βᾰπτῐστής
ho băptĭstḗs 		τὼ βᾰπτῐστᾱ́
tṑ băptĭstā́ 		οἱ βᾰπτῐσταί
hoi băptĭstaí
Genitive τοῦ βᾰπτῐστοῦ
toû băptĭstoû 		τοῖν βᾰπτῐσταῖν
toîn băptĭstaîn 		τῶν βᾰπτῐστῶν
tôn băptĭstôn
Dative τῷ βᾰπτῐστῇ
tōî băptĭstēî 		τοῖν βᾰπτῐσταῖν
toîn băptĭstaîn 		τοῖς βᾰπτῐσταῖς
toîs băptĭstaîs
Accusative τὸν βᾰπτῐστήν
tòn băptĭstḗn 		τὼ βᾰπτῐστᾱ́
tṑ băptĭstā́ 		τοὺς βᾰπτῐστᾱ́ς
toùs băptĭstā́s
Vocative βᾰπτῐστᾰ́
băptĭstắ 		βᾰπτῐστᾱ́
băptĭstā́ 		βᾰπτῐσταί
băptĭstaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: baptist
  • Greek: βαπτιστής (vaptistís), βαφτιστής (vaftistís)

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