χριστός
See also: Χριστός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to rub, ceremonially anoint”) + -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰriːs.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰrisˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xrisˈtos/
Adjective edit
χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (feminine χρῑστή, neuter χρῑστόν); first/second declension
- to be rubbed on, used as ointment or salve
- (biblical, in the Septuagint) describing someone who was ceremonially anointed
Inflection edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | χρῑστός khrīstós |
χρῑστή khrīstḗ |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστοί khrīstoí |
χρῑσταί khrīstaí |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Genitive | χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû |
χρῑστῆς khrīstês |
χρῑστοῦ khrīstoû |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn |
χρῑστῶν khrīstôn | |||||
Dative | χρῑστῷ khrīstôi |
χρῑστῇ khrīstêi |
χρῑστῷ khrīstôi |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑσταῖν khrīstaîn |
χρῑστοῖν khrīstoîn |
χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs |
χρῑσταῖς khrīstaîs |
χρῑστοῖς khrīstoîs | |||||
Accusative | χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστήν khrīstḗn |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστούς khrīstoús |
χρῑστᾱ́ς khrīstā́s |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Vocative | χρῑστέ khrīsté |
χρῑστή khrīstḗ |
χρῑστόν khrīstón |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστᾱ́ khrīstā́ |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστοί khrīstoí |
χρῑσταί khrīstaí |
χρῑστᾰ́ khrīstá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
χρῑστῶς khrīstôs |
χρῑστότερος khrīstóteros |
χρῑστότᾰτος khrīstótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- μῠρόχρῑστος (murókhrīstos)
Noun edit
χρῑστός • (khrīstós) m (genitive χρῑστοῦ); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χρῑστός ho khrīstós |
τὼ χρῑστώ tṑ khrīstṓ |
οἱ χρῑστοί hoi khrīstoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρῑστοῦ toû khrīstoû |
τοῖν χρῑστοῖν toîn khrīstoîn |
τῶν χρῑστῶν tôn khrīstôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρῑστῷ tôi khrīstôi |
τοῖν χρῑστοῖν toîn khrīstoîn |
τοῖς χρῑστοῖς toîs khrīstoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χρῑστόν tòn khrīstón |
τὼ χρῑστώ tṑ khrīstṓ |
τοὺς χρῑστούς toùs khrīstoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρῑστέ khrīsté |
χρῑστώ khrīstṓ |
χρῑστοί khrīstoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Χριστός (Khristós)
- Χριστιανός (Khristianós)
Descendants edit
- → Latin: chrīstus
References edit
- “χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χριστός 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
- G5547 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible