Σεβαστιανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sebastiānus, a derivation of Sebastus, an adaptation of Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós), itself a calque of Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /se.bas.ti.aː.nós/ → /se.βas.ti.aˈnos/ → /se.vas.ti.aˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.bas.ti.aː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se.bas.ti.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /se.βas.ti.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /se.vas.ti.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /se.vas.ti.aˈnos/

Proper noun

Σεβᾰστῐᾱνός • (Sebastiānós) m (genitive Σεβᾰστῐᾱνοῦ); second declension

1. Sebastian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σεβᾰστῐᾱνός; τοῦ Σεβᾰστῐᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σεβᾰστῐᾱνός ho Sebastiānós
Genitive	τοῦ Σεβᾰστῐᾱνοῦ toû Sebastiānoû
Dative	τῷ Σεβᾰστῐᾱνῷ tôi Sebastiānôi
Accusative	τὸν Σεβᾰστῐᾱνόν tòn Sebastiānón
Vocative	Σεβᾰστῐᾱνέ Sebastiāné
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σεβαστιανός (Sevastianós)

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sevastçaˈnos/

Proper noun

Σεβαστιανός • (Sevastianós) m

1. Sebastian
2. a male given name, Sevastianos, equivalent to English Sebastian.