Ἰορδάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.or.dá.nɛːs/ → /i.orˈða.nis/ → /i.orˈða.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.or.dá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.orˈda.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.orˈða.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.orˈða.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.orˈða.nis/

Proper noun

Ἰορδάνης • (Iordánēs) m (genitive Ἰορδάνου); first declension

1. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰορδάνης; τοῦ Ἰορδάνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰορδάνης ho Iordánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰορδάνου toû Iordánou
Dative	τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ tôi Iordánēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰορδάνην tòn Iordánēn
Vocative	Ἰορδάνη Iordánē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ (iordanēs)
• Greek: Ιορδάνης (Iordánis)
• → Latin: Iordanes
  • → English: Jordan
  • → Italian: Giordano
  • → Polish: Jordan

References

• 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
• G2446 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible