Χαλδαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆳𒆗𒁺 (/⁠Kaldu⁠/), variant of 𒅗𒃻𒁺 (/⁠Kašdu⁠/), either by dissimilation or as a rendering of the Chaldean lateral ŝ. Cognate of Biblical Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּי (kaśdī, “Chaldean”), Aramaic כַּשְׂדָּי (kaśdāy, “Chaldaean”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.dâi̯.os/ → /xalˈðɛ.os/ → /xalˈðe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.dâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈdɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈðɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈðe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈðe.os/

Noun

Χᾰλδαῖος • (Khaldaîos) m (genitive Χᾰλδαίου); second declension

1. a Chaldean
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.155

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χᾰλδαῖος; τοῦ Χᾰλδαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χᾰλδαῖος ho Khaldaîos	τὼ Χᾰλδαίω tṑ Khaldaíō	οἱ Χᾰλδαῖοι hoi Khaldaîoi
Genitive	τοῦ Χᾰλδαίου toû Khaldaíou	τοῖν Χᾰλδαίοιν toîn Khaldaíoin	τῶν Χᾰλδαίων tôn Khaldaíōn
Dative	τῷ Χᾰλδαίῳ tôi Khaldaíōi	τοῖν Χᾰλδαίοιν toîn Khaldaíoin	τοῖς Χᾰλδαίοις toîs Khaldaíois
Accusative	τὸν Χᾰλδαῖον tòn Khaldaîon	τὼ Χᾰλδαίω tṑ Khaldaíō	τοὺς Χᾰλδαίους toùs Khaldaíous
Vocative	Χᾰλδαῖε Khaldaîe	Χᾰλδαίω Khaldaíō	Χᾰλδαῖοι Khaldaîoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Χᾰλδαΐζω (Khaldaḯzō)
• Χᾰλδαίᾱ (Khaldaíā)
• Χᾰλδαϊκός (Khaldaïkós)
• Χᾰλδαϊστί (Khaldaïstí)

Descendants

• Greek: Χαλδαίος (Chaldaíos)
• Latin: Chaldaeus

Further reading

• “χαλδαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Χαλδαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G5466 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H3679 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H3778 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H3779 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 1,005