παντοκράτωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παντο- (panto-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + the stem of κράτος (krátos, “power, strength”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “agent-noun suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pan.to.krá.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pan.toˈkra.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pan.toˈkra.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pan.toˈkra.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pan.doˈkra.tor/
Noun
παντοκράτωρ • (pantokrátōr) m (genitive παντοκράτορος); third declension, παντοκράτειρα f (pantokráteira)
- One who is all-powerful, omnipotent
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρ ho păntokrắtōr |
τὼ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορε tṑ păntokrắtore |
οἱ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορες hoi păntokrắtores | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορος toû păntokrắtoros |
τοῖν πᾰντοκρᾰτόροιν toîn păntokrătóroin |
τῶν πᾰντοκρᾰτόρων tôn păntokrătórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορῐ tōî păntokrắtorĭ |
τοῖν πᾰντοκρᾰτόροιν toîn păntokrătóroin |
τοῖς πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορσῐ / πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορσῐν toîs păntokrắtorsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορᾰ tòn păntokrắtoră |
τὼ πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορε tṑ păntokrắtore |
τοὺς πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορᾰς toùs păntokrắtorăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορ păntokrắtor |
πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορε păntokrắtore |
πᾰντοκρᾰ́τορες păntokrắtores | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- παντοκρατής (pantokratḗs)
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ (pantokratōr)
- Medieval Latin: pantocrator
- Italian: pantocratore
- → Old Armenian: ամենակալ (amenakal) (calque)
References
- “παντοκράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παντοκράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παντοκράτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3841 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- παντοκράτωρ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften