βιαστής

Ancient Greek

From βιάζομαι (biázomai, “to inflict violence”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent noun suffix).

βιαστής • (biastḗs) m (genitive βιαστοῦ); first declension

First declension of ὁ βιαστής; τοῦ βιαστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βιαστής ho biastḗs	τὼ βιαστᾱ́ tṑ biastā́	οἱ βιασταί hoi biastaí
Genitive	τοῦ βιαστοῦ toû biastoû	τοῖν βιασταῖν toîn biastaîn	τῶν βιαστῶν tôn biastôn
Dative	τῷ βιαστῇ tōî biastēî	τοῖν βιασταῖν toîn biastaîn	τοῖς βιασταῖς toîs biastaîs
Accusative	τὸν βιαστήν tòn biastḗn	τὼ βιαστᾱ́ tṑ biastā́	τοὺς βιαστᾱ́ς toùs biastā́s
Vocative	βιαστᾰ́ biastắ	βιαστᾱ́ biastā́	βιασταί biastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 11:12:
ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ ἕως ἄρτι ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν βιάζεται, καὶ βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν.
apò dè tôn hēmerôn Iōánnou toû baptistoû héōs árti hē basileía tôn ouranôn biázetai, kaì biastaì harpázousin autḗn.
- Translation by KJV
  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

From Byzantine Greek βιαστής (biastḗs). By surface analysis, βιάζω (viázo, “to rape”) +‎ -στής (-stís, “-ist, -er”).

βιαστής • (viastís) m (plural βιαστές)