Ἀντίοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “against”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “hold, grasp”) +‎ -ος (-os, nominative case ending).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.o.kʰos/ → /anˈti.o.xos/ → /anˈdi.o.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.o.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.o.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.o.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.o.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.o.xos/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχος • (Ăntĭ́okhos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ντῐόχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Antiochus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχος ho Ăntĭ́okhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐόχου toû Ăntĭókhou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ντῐόχῳ tōî Ăntĭókhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχον tòn Ăntĭ́okhon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχε Ăntĭ́okhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓ντῐόχειᾰ (Ăntĭókheiă)

Descendants

• → French: Antiochos
• → German: Antiochos
• Greek: Αντίοχος (Antíochos)
• → Latin: Antiochus
• → Old Armenian: Անտիոքոս (Antiokʻos)
• → Russian: Антио́х (Antióx)

References

• Ἀντίοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001