Ἰνδός

See also: Ινδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš

Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš

Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.

Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

Compare Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”) in the Rigveda, which was borrowed into Greek as Σίνθος (Sínthos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /in.dós/ → /inˈdos/ → /inˈdos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /in.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /inˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /inˈdos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /inˈdos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /inˈdos/

Proper noun

Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension

1. Indus (a river in Pakistan and India)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰνδός ho Indós
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ toû Indoû
Dative	τῷ Ἰνδῷ tōî Indōî
Accusative	τὸν Ἰνδόν tòn Indón
Vocative	Ἰνδέ Indé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension

1. an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰνδός ho Indós	τὼ Ἰνδώ tṑ Indṓ	οἱ Ἰνδοί hoi Indoí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ toû Indoû	τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν toîn Indoîn	τῶν Ἰνδῶν tôn Indôn
Dative	τῷ Ἰνδῷ tōî Indōî	τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν toîn Indoîn	τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς toîs Indoîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἰνδόν tòn Indón	τὼ Ἰνδώ tṑ Indṓ	τοὺς Ἰνδούς toùs Indoús
Vocative	Ἰνδέ Indé	Ἰνδώ Indṓ	Ἰνδοί Indoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἰνδῐ́ᾱ (Indĭ́ā)
• Ἰνδῐκός (Indĭkós)
• Ἰνδογενής (Indogenḗs)
• Ἰνδολέτης (Indolétēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ινδός (Indós)
• Latin: Indus

References

• “Ἰνδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰνδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013