Χριστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “of an ointment, etc.: to be rubbed on; of a person: ceremonially anointed”) (a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)) from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).

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Proper noun

Χρῑστός • (Khrīstós) m (genitive Χρῑστοῦ); second declension

  1. Messiah or Christ, an epithet of Jesus of Nazareth

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
tôi Khrīstôi		 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.

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek, from Koine Greek, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xɾiˈstos/

Proper noun

Χριστός • (Christós) m (plural Christós)

  1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)
    Coordinate term: (male given name) Χρίστος (Chrístos)

Declension
  Χριστός
case     \     number singular
nominative Χριστός •
genitive Χριστού •
accusative Χριστό •
vocative Χριστέ •
the form Χριστόν is found

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