Ἰνδός

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Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) in the Rigveda

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /indós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /indós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /indós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /indós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ĩdós/

Proper noun

Ἰνδός (genitive Ἰνδοῦ) m, second declension; (Indos)

1. the Indus river

Noun

Ἰνδός (genitive Ἰνδοῦ) m, second declension; (Indos)

1. an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian

Inflection

Second declension of Ἰνδός, Ἰνδοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰνδός	τὼ Ἰνδώ	οἱ Ἰνδοί
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ	τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν	τῶν Ἰνδῶν
Dative	τῷ Ἰνδῷ	τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν	τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς
Accusative	τὸν Ἰνδόν	τὼ Ἰνδώ	τοὺς Ἰνδούς
Vocative	Ἰνδέ	Ἰνδώ	Ἰνδοί

Derived terms

• Ἰνδία
• Ἰνδικός

Descendants

• Greek: Ινδός (Indos)
  • plural: Ινδοί (Indoi)
• Latin: Indus (plural Indi)

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1013