Ἰνδός
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
- the Indus river
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰνδός ho Indós | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ toû Indoû | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰνδῷ tôi Indôi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰνδόν tòn Indón | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰνδέ Indé | ||||||||||||
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Noun
Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension
- an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)
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
- Ἰνδῐ́ᾱ (Indíā)
- Ἰνδῐκός (Indikós)
Descendants
- Greek: Ινδός (Indós)
- Latin: Indus
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