Νικόλαος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē)

Proto-Hellenic *lāwós

Ancient Greek λᾱός (lāós)

Ancient Greek Νικόλαος

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ λᾱός (lāós, “people”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.kó.laː.os/ → /niˈko.la.os/ → /niˈko.la.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.kó.laː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈko.la.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈko.la.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈko.la.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈko.la.os/

Proper noun

Νῑκόλᾱος • (Nīkólāos) m (genitive Νῑκολᾱ́ου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
2. One of the seven chosen in Acts 6 and of St. Nicholas.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νῑκόλᾱος; τοῦ Νῑκολᾱ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκόλᾱος ho Nīkólāos
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκολᾱ́ου toû Nīkolā́ou
Dative	τῷ Νῑκολᾱ́ῳ tōî Nīkolā́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκόλᾱον tòn Nīkólāon
Vocative	Νῑκόλᾱε Nīkólāe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Attic second declension of ὁ Νῑκόλως / Νῑκόλεως; τοῦ Νῑκόλω / Νῑκόλεω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκόλως / Νῑκόλεως ho Nīkól(e)ōs
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκόλω / Νῑκόλεω toû Nīkól(e)ō
Dative	τῷ Νῑκόλῳ / Νῑκόλεῳ tōî Nīkól(e)ōi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκόλω / Νῑκόλεων tòn Nīkól(e)ō(n)
Vocative	Νῑκόλως / Νῑκόλεως Nīkól(e)ōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νῑκολᾱΐδης (Nīkolāḯdēs)
• Νῑκολᾱΐς (Nīkolāḯs)

Descendants

• Greek: Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), Νικόλας (Nikólas)
• → Albanian: Nikolla, Koll
• → Armenian: Նիկողայոս (Nikoġayos)
• → Coptic: ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲗⲁⲟⲥ (nikolaos)
• → Georgian: ნიკოლოზი (niḳolozi)
• → Finnish: Nikolaos
• → Hebrew: ניקולאס
• → Japanese: ニコラオス (Nikoraosu)
• → Korean: 니콜라우스 (Nikollauseu)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Николаи (Nikolai)
  • Bulgarian: Николай (Nikolaj)
  • Russian: Никола́й (Nikoláj)
  • Ukrainian: Мико́ла (Mykóla), Мико́лай (Mykólaj)
  • → Romanian: Nicolae
• → Serbo-Croatian: Nìkola / Нѝкола
• → Turkish: Nikola
• → Latin: Nīcolāus
  • Catalan: Nicolau
  • Old French: Nicholas
    • French: Nicolas
    • Norman: Nic'lesse
    • → English: Nicholas
    • → Dutch: Nicolaas, Klaas
  • Italian: Nicola, Niccolò
  • Portuguese: Nicolau
  • Romanian: Nicoară
  • Spanish: Nicolás
  • Venetan: Nicoła
  • → Czech: Mikuláš
  • → Danish: Nikolaus
  • → Faroese: Niklas
  • → Finnish: Nikolaus
  • → West Frisian: Niklaas
  • → German: Nikolaus, Klaus
  • → Hungarian: Miklós
  • → Icelandic: Nikulás
  • → Latvian: Nikolajs, Nikolass, Niklāvs, Niks, Klāvs
  • → Lithuanian: Nikolas, Mikalojus
  • → Limburgish: Nicolaas
  • → Luxembourgish: Niklos
  • → Norwegian: Nikolaus, Nikolas
  • → Polish: Mikołaj
  • → Slovak: Mikuláš
  • → Swedish: Nikolaus, Niklas, Nils

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3532 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012), Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈko.la.os/

Proper noun

Νικόλαος • (Nikólaos) m

1. a male given name, Nikolaos, equivalent to English Nicholas

Declension

Declension of Νικόλαος

	singular
nominative	Νικόλαος (Nikólaos)
genitive	Νικολάου (Nikoláou)
accusative	Νικόλαο (Nikólao)
vocative	Νικόλαε (Nikólae)

Derived terms

• Κολίνος (Kolínos)
• Νικολάκης (Nikolákis)
• Νικόλας (Nikólas)
• Νικολοβάρβαρα (Nikolovárvara)
• Νικολός (Nikolós)
• Νίκος (Níkos)