υἱός

υἱός

See also: υιός and υἷος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• υἱύς (huiús) – Attic
• Υἱύς (Huiús)
• Υἱός (Huiós)

Etymology

From earlier υἱύς (huiús), from Proto-Indo-European *suHyús.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.ós/ → /yˈos/ → /iˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈos/

Noun

υἱός • (huiós) m (genitive υἱέος or υἱοῦ); second declension

1. son

   Synonym: κέλωρ (kélōr)

2. child, not necessarily male
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 46.15
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 46.17
3. (Christianity) the Son; the Son of God (one of the three Persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ υἱός; τοῦ υἱοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ υἱός ho huiós	τὼ υἱώ tṑ huiṓ	οἱ υἱοί hoi huioí
Genitive	τοῦ υἱοῦ toû huioû	τοῖν υἱοῖν toîn huioîn	τῶν υἱῶν tôn huiôn
Dative	τῷ υἱῷ tôi huiôi	τοῖν υἱοῖν toîn huioîn	τοῖς υἱοῖς toîs huioîs
Accusative	τὸν υἱόν tòn huión	τὼ υἱώ tṑ huiṓ	τοὺς υἱούς toùs huioús
Vocative	υἱέ huié	υἱώ huiṓ	υἱοί huioí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Irregular declension of υἱός; υἱέος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	υἱός huiós	υἷε huîe	υἱέες / υἱεῖς / υἷες huiées / huieîs / huîes
Genitive	υἱέος / υἷος / υἱοῦ huiéos / huîos / huioû	υἱοῖν huioîn	υἱῶν huiôn
Dative	υἱέϊ / υἱεῖ / υἷι huiéï / huieî / huîi	υἱοῖν huioîn	υἱοῖσι / υἱοῖσιν / υἱᾰ́σῐ / υἱᾰ́σῐν huioîsi(n) / huiási(n)
Accusative	υἱόν / υἱέα / υἷα huión / huiéa / huîa	υἷε huîe	υἱέᾰς / υἷᾰς huiéas / huîas
Vocative	υἱέ huié	υἷε huîe	υἱέες / υἱεῖς / υἷες huiées / huieîs / huîes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• υἱωνός (huiōnós)

Descendants

• Greek: υιός m (yiós), γιος m (gios)
• Yevanic: אִיוּ‎ ('iu)

Further reading

• “υἱός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “υἱός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “υἱός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• υἱός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• υἱός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “υἱός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5207 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

---

Greek

Alternative forms

• υιός m (yiós) – Katharevousa

Noun

υἱός • (yἱós) m

1. Katharevousa form of γιος (gios)