χριστός
See also: Χριστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to rub, ceremonially anoint”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰriːs.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰrisˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
Adjective
χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (feminine χρῑστή, neuter χρῑστόν); first/second declension
- to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
- (biblical, in the Septuagint) describing someone who was ceremonially anointed
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | χρῑστός khrīstós |
χρῑστή khrīstḗ |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστοί khrīstoí |
χρῑσταί khrīstaí |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Genitive | χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû |
χρῑστῆς khrīstês |
χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn | |||||
Dative | χρῑστῷ khrīstôi |
χρῑστῇ khrīstêi |
χρῑστῷ khrīstôi |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs |
χρῑσταῖς khrīstaîs |
χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs | |||||
Accusative | χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστήν khrīstḗn |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστούς khrīstoús |
χρῑστᾱ́ς khrīstā́s |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Vocative | χρῑστέ khrīsté |
χρῑστή khrīstḗ |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστοί khrīstoí |
χρῑσταί khrīstaí |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χρῑστῶς khrīstôs |
χρῑστότερος khrīstóteros |
χρῑστότᾰτος khrīstótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
χριστός • (khristós) m (genitive χριστοῦ); second declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χριστός ho khristós |
τὼ χριστώ tṑ khristṓ |
οἱ χριστοί hoi khristoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χριστοῦ toû khristoû |
τοῖν χριστοῖν toîn khristoîn |
τῶν χριστῶν tôn khristôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χριστῷ tôi khristôi |
τοῖν χριστοῖν toîn khristoîn |
τοῖς χριστοῖς toîs khristoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χριστόν tòn khristón |
τὼ χριστώ tṑ khristṓ |
τοὺς χριστούς toùs khristoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | χριστέ khristé |
χριστώ khristṓ |
χριστοί khristoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Χριστός (Khristós)
- Χριστιανός (Khristianós)
Descendants
- → Latin: christus
References
- “χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χριστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- G5547 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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