ἐξορκιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sor.kis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ek.sor.cisˈtis/ → /ek.sor.cisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sor.kis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.sor.kisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.sor.cisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.sor.cisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.sor.cisˈtis/

Noun

ἐξορκῐστής • (exorkistḗs) m (genitive ἐξορκῐστοῦ); first declension

1. exorcist

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐξορκῐστής; τοῦ ἐξορκῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐξορκῐστής ho exorkistḗs	τὼ ἐξορκῐστᾱ́ tṑ exorkistā́	οἱ ἐξορκῐσταί hoi exorkistaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐξορκῐστοῦ toû exorkistoû	τοῖν ἐξορκῐσταῖν toîn exorkistaîn	τῶν ἐξορκῐστῶν tôn exorkistôn
Dative	τῷ ἐξορκῐστῇ tôi exorkistêi	τοῖν ἐξορκῐσταῖν toîn exorkistaîn	τοῖς ἐξορκῐσταῖς toîs exorkistaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐξορκῐστήν tòn exorkistḗn	τὼ ἐξορκῐστᾱ́ tṑ exorkistā́	τοὺς ἐξορκῐστᾱ́ς toùs exorkistā́s
Vocative	ἐξορκῐστᾰ́ exorkistá	ἐξορκῐστᾱ́ exorkistā́	ἐξορκῐσταί exorkistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: exorcist (learned)
• → French: exorciste (learned)
• Greek: εξορκιστής (exorkistís)

Further reading

• “ἐξορκιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξορκιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐξορκιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette