Ἰνδός
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See also: Ινδός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.
Compare Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”) in the Rigveda, which was borrowed into Greek as Σίνθος (Sínthos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /in.dós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /inˈdos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /inˈdos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /inˈdos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /inˈdos/
Proper noun
Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension
Inflection
Noun
Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension
- an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἰνδός ho Indós |
τὼ Ἰνδώ tṑ Indṓ |
οἱ Ἰνδοί hoi Indoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ toû Indoû |
τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν toîn Indoîn |
τῶν Ἰνδῶν tôn Indôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἰνδῷ tôi Indôi |
τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν toîn Indoîn |
τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς toîs Indoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἰνδόν tòn Indón |
τὼ Ἰνδώ tṑ Indṓ |
τοὺς Ἰνδούς toùs Indoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἰνδέ Indé |
Ἰνδώ Indṓ |
Ἰνδοί Indoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Ἰνδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἰνδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013