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 • (Khrīstiānós) 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 Khrīstiānós	τὼ Χρῑστῐᾱνώ tṑ Khrīstiānṓ	οἱ Χρῑστῐᾱνοί hoi Khrīstiānoí
Genitive	τοῦ Χρῑστῐᾱνοῦ toû Khrīstiānoû	τοῖν Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖν toîn Khrīstiānoîn	τῶν Χρῑστῐᾱνῶν tôn Khrīstiānôn
Dative	τῷ Χρῑστῐᾱνῷ tôi Khrīstiānôi	τοῖν Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖν toîn Khrīstiānoîn	τοῖς Χρῑστῐᾱνοῖς toîs Khrīstiānoîs
Accusative	τὸν Χρῑστῐᾱνόν tòn Khrīstiānón	τὼ Χρῑστῐᾱνώ tṑ Khrīstiānṓ	τοὺς Χρῑστῐᾱνούς toùs Khrīstiānoús
Vocative	Χρῑστῐᾱνέ Khrīstiāné	Χρῑστῐᾱνώ Khrīstiānṓ	Χρῑστῐᾱνοί Khrīstiānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χριστιανός (christianós)