Ἀλέξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἄλεξις (Álexis) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀλέξῐος • (Aléxĭos) m (genitive Ἀλεξίου); second declension

  1. a male given name meaning “helper, defender”

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀλέξιος; τοῦ Ἀλεξίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀλέξιος
ho Aléxios
Genitive τοῦ Ἀλεξίου
toû Alexíou
Dative τῷ Ἀλεξίῳ
tōî Alexíōi
Accusative τὸν Ἀλέξιον
tòn Aléxion
Vocative Ἀλέξιε
Aléxie
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Alexius
    • Albanian: Lesh
    • Catalan: Aleix
    • French: Alexis
    • Italian: Alessio
      • → Sicilian: Alessiu
    • Portuguese: Aleixo
    • Sicilian: Alesciu
    • Spanish: Alejo
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