Ἑλληνιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, “-er”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hel.lɛː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /el.li.nisˈtis/ → /e.li.nisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hel.lɛː.nis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)el.le̝.nisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /el.li.nisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /el.li.nisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.li.nisˈtis/

Noun

Ἑλληνῐστής • (Hellēnistḗs) m (genitive Ἑλληνῐστοῦ); first declension

1. one who uses the Greek language:
   1. a Greek Jew
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Act.Ap. 6.1
   2. a gentile, a heathen
      • 331 CE – 363 CE, Julian, Ep. 84a

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ἑλληνῐστής; τοῦ Ἑλληνῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἑλληνῐστής ho Hellēnistḗs	τὼ Ἑλληνῐστᾱ́ tṑ Hellēnistā́	οἱ Ἑλληνῐσταί hoi Hellēnistaí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑλληνῐστοῦ toû Hellēnistoû	τοῖν Ἑλληνῐσταῖν toîn Hellēnistaîn	τῶν Ἑλληνῐστῶν tôn Hellēnistôn
Dative	τῷ Ἑλληνῐστῇ tôi Hellēnistêi	τοῖν Ἑλληνῐσταῖν toîn Hellēnistaîn	τοῖς Ἑλληνῐσταῖς toîs Hellēnistaîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἑλληνῐστήν tòn Hellēnistḗn	τὼ Ἑλληνῐστᾱ́ tṑ Hellēnistā́	τοὺς Ἑλληνῐστᾱ́ς toùs Hellēnistā́s
Vocative	Ἑλληνῐστᾰ́ Hellēnistá	Ἑλληνῐστᾱ́ Hellēnistā́	Ἑλληνῐσταί Hellēnistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• German: hellenistisch

References

• “Ἑλληνιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press