κυριακόν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivized neuter singular of κυριακός (kuriakós, “of or pertaining to a lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). Literally, the place of the Lord (i.e. "the Lord's House").

Noun

κυριακόν • (kuriakón) n (genitive κυριακοῦ); ? declension

1. (Koine, Christianity) church

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κυριακόν; τοῦ κυριακοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κυριακόν tò kuriakón	τὼ κυριακώ tṑ kuriakṓ	τᾰ̀ κυριακᾰ́ tà kuriaká
Genitive	τοῦ κυριακοῦ toû kuriakoû	τοῖν κυριακοῖν toîn kuriakoîn	τῶν κυριακῶν tôn kuriakôn
Dative	τῷ κυριακῷ tôi kuriakôi	τοῖν κυριακοῖν toîn kuriakoîn	τοῖς κυριακοῖς toîs kuriakoîs
Accusative	τὸ κυριακόν tò kuriakón	τὼ κυριακώ tṑ kuriakṓ	τᾰ̀ κυριακᾰ́ tà kuriaká
Vocative	κυριακόν kuriakón	κυριακώ kuriakṓ	κυριακᾰ́ kuriaká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Germanic: *kirikǭ (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: chirihha
    • → Slavic: *cьrky ‎(see there for further descendants)

References

• κυριακόν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften