άγιος

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See also: ἅγιος and Άγιος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ʝi.os/ (formal, more often for the noun)
    Audio:(file)
    (trisyllabic)
    Hyphenation: ά‧γι‧ος
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ʝos/ (familiar)
    Audio:(file)
    (bisyllabic, with synizesis)
    Hyphenation: ά‧γιος

Adjective

άγιος (ágiosm (feminine αγία or άγια, neuter άγιο)

  1. holy, saintly
  2. Saint
    1. used in the names of churches and placesΆγιος (Ágios)
  3. address for priests
  4. (figuratively) a pious person

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Derived terms

  • αϊ- m (aï-, Saint) (of male Saints)
  • Αϊ- m (Aï-, Saint) (of churches and placenames)
  • αγια- f (agia-, Saint) (of female Saints)
  • Αγια- f (Agia-, Saint) (of churches and placenames)
  • αγιο- (agio-, holy, prefix)
  • also see at Noun
Expressions for άγιος (Saint)
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Noun

άγιος (ágiosm (plural άγιοι, feminine αγία) (neuter: άγιο)

  1. saint
    Η γιαγιά μου διάβαζε βίους αγίων.
    I giagiá mou diávaze víous agíon.
    My grandmother used to read Lives of Saints.
    1. for names of Saints seeΆγιος (Ágios)
  2. (figuratively) person with a saint's characteristics (patience, love, piousness)
    Ο δάσκαλός μου είναι ένας άγιος. Πώς με αντέχει; Κάνω συνεχώς λάθη.
    O dáskalós mou eínai énas ágios. Pós me antéchei? Káno synechós láthi.
    My teacher is a saint. How does he put up with me? I keep making mistakes.

Declension

Pronunciation trisyllabic. Compare to the adjective's declension

Derived terms

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