Χριστιανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Chrīstiānus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xris.ti.aˈnos/ → /xris.ti.aˈnos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰris.ti.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xris.ti.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xris.ti.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xris.ti.aˈnos/

Noun

Χρῑστῐᾱνός • (Khrīstĭānós) m (genitive Χρῑστῐᾱνοῦ); second declension

1. A Christian; follower of Christ
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 11:26:

     ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηματίσαι τε πρῶτον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς.

     egéneto dè autoùs kaì eniautòn hólon sunakhthênai en têi ekklēsíāi kaì didáxai ókhlon hikanón, khrēmatísai te prôton en Antiokheíāi toùs mathētàs Khristianoús.

   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.65

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χρῑστῐᾱνός; τοῦ Χρῑστῐᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χρῑστῐᾱνός ho Khrīstĭānós	τὼ Χρῑστῐᾱνώ tṑ Khrīstĭānṓ	οἱ Χρῑστῐᾱνοί hoi Khrīstĭānoí
Genitive	τοῦ Χρῑστῐᾱνοῦ toû Khrīstĭānoû	τοῖν Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖν toîn Khrīstĭānoîn	τῶν Χρῑστῐᾱνῶν tôn Khrīstĭānôn
Dative	τῷ Χρῑστῐᾱνῷ tôi Khrīstĭānôi	τοῖν Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖν toîn Khrīstĭānoîn	τοῖς Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖς toîs Khrīstĭānoîs
Accusative	τὸν Χρῑστῐᾱνόν tòn Khrīstĭānón	τὼ Χρῑστῐᾱνώ tṑ Khrīstĭānṓ	τοὺς Χρῑστῐᾱνούς toùs Khrīstĭānoús
Vocative	Χρῑστῐᾱνέ Khrīstĭāné	Χρῑστῐᾱνώ Khrīstĭānṓ	Χρῑστῐᾱνοί Khrīstĭānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χριστιανός (christianós)