χθεσινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χθές (khthés, “yesterday”) +‎ -ῐνός (-inós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰtʰe.si.nós/ → /xθe.siˈnos/ → /xθe.siˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰtʰe.si.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰtʰe.siˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xθe.siˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xθe.siˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xθe.siˈnos/

Adjective

χθεσῐνός • (khthesinós) m (feminine χθεσῐνή, neuter χθεσῐνόν); first/second declension

1. of yesterday

   Synonym: χθῐζός (khthizós)

Inflection

First and second declension of χθεσῐνός; χθεσῐνή; χθεσῐνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χθεσῐνός khthesinós	χθεσῐνή khthesinḗ	χθεσῐνόν khthesinón		χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ	χθεσῐνᾱ́ khthesinā́	χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ		χθεσῐνοί khthesinoí	χθεσῐναί khthesinaí	χθεσῐνᾰ́ khthesiná
Genitive		χθεσῐνοῦ khthesinoû	χθεσῐνῆς khthesinês	χθεσῐνοῦ khthesinoû		χθεσῐνοῖν khthesinoîn	χθεσῐναῖν khthesinaîn	χθεσῐνοῖν khthesinoîn		χθεσῐνῶν khthesinôn	χθεσῐνῶν khthesinôn	χθεσῐνῶν khthesinôn
Dative		χθεσῐνῷ khthesinôi	χθεσῐνῇ khthesinêi	χθεσῐνῷ khthesinôi		χθεσῐνοῖν khthesinoîn	χθεσῐναῖν khthesinaîn	χθεσῐνοῖν khthesinoîn		χθεσῐνοῖς khthesinoîs	χθεσῐναῖς khthesinaîs	χθεσῐνοῖς khthesinoîs
Accusative		χθεσῐνόν khthesinón	χθεσῐνήν khthesinḗn	χθεσῐνόν khthesinón		χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ	χθεσῐνᾱ́ khthesinā́	χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ		χθεσῐνούς khthesinoús	χθεσῐνᾱ́ς khthesinā́s	χθεσῐνᾰ́ khthesiná
Vocative		χθεσῐνέ khthesiné	χθεσῐνή khthesinḗ	χθεσῐνόν khthesinón		χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ	χθεσῐνᾱ́ khthesinā́	χθεσῐνώ khthesinṓ		χθεσῐνοί khthesinoí	χθεσῐναί khthesinaí	χθεσῐνᾰ́ khthesiná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χθεσῐνῶς khthesinôs				χθεσῐνώτερος khthesinṓteros				χθεσῐνώτᾰτος khthesinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χθεσινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χθεσινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette