Γάϊος

See also: Γάιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾱ́ῐ̈ος (Kā́ïos)
• Γαῖος (Gaîos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gaius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎː.i.os/ → /ˈɣa.i.os/ → /ˈɣa.i.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡǎː.i.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.i.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.i.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.i.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.i.os/

Proper noun

Γᾱ́ῐ̈ος • (Gā́ïos) m (genitive Γᾱῐ̈́ου); second declension

1. Gaius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Γᾱ́ῐ̈ος; τοῦ Γᾱῐ̈́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γᾱ́ῐ̈ος ho Gā́ïos
Genitive	τοῦ Γᾱῐ̈́ου toû Gāḯou
Dative	τῷ Γᾱῐ̈́ῳ tôi Gāḯōi
Accusative	τὸν Γᾱ́ῐ̈ον tòn Gā́ïon
Vocative	Γᾱ́ῐ̈ε Gā́ïe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Гай (Gaj)
• Greek:
  • Γάιος (Gáios)
  • Γάης (Gáis)
• Macedonian: Гај (Gaj)
• Russian: Гай (Gaj)
• Serbo-Croatian: Гај
• Ukrainian: Гай (Haj)

References

• Γάϊος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1050 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004