χριστός

See also: Χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to rub, ceremonially anoint”) +‎ -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰriːs.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰrisˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/

Homophone: χρηστός (khrēstós) (Koine from the 4th century AD on)

Adjective

χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (feminine χρῑστή, neuter χρῑστόν); first/second declension

to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
(biblical, in the Septuagint) describing someone who was ceremonially anointed

Inflection

First and second declension of χρῑστός; χρῑστή; χρῑστόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χρῑστός khrīstós	χρῑστή khrīstḗ	χρῑστόν khrīstón	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστοί khrīstoí	χρῑσταί khrīstaí	χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstắ
Genitive	χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû	χρῑστῆς khrīstês	χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû	χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn	χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn	χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn	χρῑστῶν khrīstôn	χρῑστῶν khrīstôn	χρῑστῶν khrīstôn
Dative	χρῑστῷ khrīstōî	χρῑστῇ khrīstēî	χρῑστῷ khrīstōî	χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn	χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn	χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn	χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs	χρῑσταῖς khrīstaîs	χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs
Accusative	χρῑστόν khrīstón	χρῑστήν khrīstḗn	χρῑστόν khrīstón	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστούς khrīstoús	χρῑστᾱ́ς khrīstā́s	χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstắ
Vocative	χρῑστέ khrīsté	χρῑστή khrīstḗ	χρῑστόν khrīstón	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́	χρῑστώ khrīstṓ	χρῑστοί khrīstoí	χρῑσταί khrīstaí	χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χρῑστῶς khrīstôs			χρῑστότερος khrīstóteros			χρῑστότᾰτος khrīstótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μῠρόχρῑστος (mŭrókhrīstos)

Noun

χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (genitive χρῑστοῦ); second declension

(biblical) anointed one, translation of Hebrew משיח (mashiach, “messiah”)

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.

Derived terms

Χριστιανός (Khristianós)
Χριστός (Khristós)

Descendants

→ Latin: chrīstus

References

^ 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

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

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