Γρηγόριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γρήγορος (grḗgoros, “watchful; alert; awake”) +‎ -ιος (-ios), from ἐγρήγορᾰ (egrḗgora) (perfect form used as present) of ἐγείρω (egeírō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/ → /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡre̝ˈɡo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/

Proper noun

Γρηγόριος • (Grēgórios) m (genitive Γρηγορῐ́ου); second declension (Koine)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gregory used chiefly by Christians. Its sense is synonym to ἄγρυπνος (ágrupnos, “awake”)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Γρηγόρῐος; τοῦ Γρηγορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γρηγόρῐος ho Grēgórios
Genitive	τοῦ Γρηγορῐ́ου toû Grēgoríou
Dative	τῷ Γρηγορῐ́ῳ tôi Grēgoríōi
Accusative	τὸν Γρηγόρῐον tòn Grēgórion
Vocative	Γρηγόρῐε Grēgórie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γρηγοριανός (Grēgorianós)

Descendants

• Greek: Γρηγόρης (Grigóris), Γρηγόριος (Grigórios) (Katharevousa)
  • → Romanian: Grigorie, Grigore
• → Albanian: Grigor, Gërgur
• → Georgian: გრიგოლი (grigoli)
• → Hebrew: גרגוריוס (Gregoryos)
• → Latin: Gregorius
  • → Aragonese: Gregorio
  • → Asturian: Gregoriu
  • → Belarusian: Рыгор (Ryhór)
  • → Catalan: Gregori
  • → Czech: Řehoř
  • → Danish: Gregers, Greger
  • → Dutch: Gregoor, Gregorius
  • → English: Gregory
    • → French: Grégory
    • → Hawaiian: Kelekolio
    • → Maori: Kerekori
    • ⇒ English: Greg, Gregg
  • → Faroese: Grækaris
  • → Finnish: Rekorius, Krekori
    • ⇒ Finnish: Korjus
  • → French: Grégoire
  • → Friulian: Grivôr
  • → Galician: Gregorio
  • → German: Gregor
    • → Estonian: Gregor
      • ⇒ Estonian: Reigo, Reio
    • → Finnish: Gregor, Greko
      • ⇒ Finnish: Reko, Rekko
        • → Northern Sami: Riigu
        • ⇒ Finnish: Reijo, Resko, Repe, Ressu
  • → Greenlandic: Krikoriusi
  • → Hungarian: Gergely
    • ⇒ Hungarian: Gergő, Gerő
  • → Italian: Gregorio
    • → Korean: 그레고리오 (Geuregorio)
    • → Vietnamese: Grêgôriô
  • → Jutish: Grejs
  • → Latvian: Gregors
  • → Lithuanian: Gregoras, Gregalius
  • → Neapolitan: Grevòrio
  • → Norwegian: Gregers, Gregert, Greis, Gres, Gregus
  • → Old Irish: Grigoir
    • → Irish: Gréagóir
    • → Scottish Gaelic: Griogair
  • → Old Swedish: Gregers, Greers, Grers
    • Swedish: Gregers, Greger
  • → Portuguese: Gregório
  • → Sardinian: Gregoriu, Griguori
  • → Scots: Gregor
    • → English: Gregor
      • ⇒ English: Greer, Grier
  • → Slovak: Gregor
  • → Slovene: Grega
  • → Spanish: Gregorio
    • ⇒ Spanish: Goyo
  • → Venetian: Gregorio
  • → Welsh: Grigor
  • → Yiddish: גרעגאָרי (gregori)
• → Old Armenian: Գրիգոր (Grigor), Գրիգորիոս (Grigorios), Գրիգորիս (Grigoris), Գրիգորէս (Grigorēs)
  • Armenian: Գրիգոր (Grigor)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Григории (Grigorii), Григоріи (Grigorii)
  • → Bulgarian: Григор (Grigor), Григорий (Grigorij)
  • → Macedonian: Глигор (Gligor), Григор (Grigor)
  • → Polish: Grzegorz
  • → Russian: Григорий (Grigorij)
    • → Armenian: Գրիգորի (Grigori)
    • → Finnish: Riku
    • ⇒ Russian: Гриша (Griša)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Григорије

    Latin script: Grigorije, Grgur

    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

      Latin script: Grga

  • → Ukrainian: Григорій (Hryhorij)

Further reading

• Γρηγόριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣriˈɣo.ri.os/
• Hyphenation: Γρη‧γό‧ρι‧ος

Proper noun

Γρηγόριος • (Grigórios) m (feminine: Γρηγορία (Grigoría))

1. (Katharevousa) a male given name, Gregory.

Usage notes

Also used in Standard Modern Greek

• for names of hierarchs and historic figures.
• in the genitive singular, as a surname: Γρηγορίου (Grigoríou).

The plural is used when speaking of many people by this name.

Declension

For Katharevousa.

Declension of Γρηγόριος

	singular	plural
nominative	Γρηγόριος •	Γρηγόριοι •
genitive	Γρηγορίου •	Γρηγορίων •
accusative	Γρηγόριον •	Γρηγορίους •
vocative	Γρηγόριε •	Γρηγόριοι •
• Compare to modern Γρηγόρης (Grigóris) (plural οι Γρηγόρηδες (Grigórides). • Katharevousa, includes datives: τῷ Γρηγορίῳ (singular) and τοῖς Γρηγορίοις (plural).

Derived terms

• γρηγοριανό ημερολόγιο n (grigorianó imerológio, “Gregorian calendar”)