Νικόδημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίκη (níkē, “victory”) +‎ δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.kó.dɛː.mos/ → /niˈko.ði.mos/ → /niˈko.ði.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.kó.dɛː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈko.de̝.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈko.ði.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈko.ði.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈko.ði.mos/

Proper noun

Νῑκόδημος • (Nīkódēmos) m (genitive Νῑκοδήμου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicodemus
2. Nicodemus, a Pharisee who showed favour to Jesus.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νῑκόδημος; τοῦ Νῑκοδήμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκόδημος ho Nīkódēmos
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκοδήμου toû Nīkodḗmou
Dative	τῷ Νῑκοδήμῳ tôi Nīkodḗmōi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκόδημον tòn Nīkódēmon
Vocative	Νῑκόδημε Nīkódēme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌼𐌿𐍃 (nikaudēmus), 𐌽𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌼𐌿𐍃 (nēkaudēmus), 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌿 (neikaudaimau) (dat. sg.)
• → Latin: Nīcodēmus
  • → French: Nicodème
  • → Italian: Nicodemo
  • → Polish: Nikodem

Further reading

• Νικόδημος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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
• G3530 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible