μυρόχριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῠ́ρον (múron, “unguent”) +‎ χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ró.kʰriːs.tos/ → /myˈro.xris.tos/ → /miˈro.xris.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ró.kʰriːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈro.kʰris.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈro.xris.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈro.xris.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈro.xris.tos/

Adjective

μῠρόχρῑστος • (murókhrīstos) m or f (neuter μῠρόχρῑστον); second declension

1. anointed with unguent

Inflection

Second declension of μῠρόχρῑστος; μῠρόχρῑστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῠρόχρῑστος murókhrīstos	μῠρόχρῑστον murókhrīston		μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō	μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō		μῠρόχρῑστοι murókhrīstoi	μῠρόχρῑστᾰ murókhrīsta
Genitive		μῠροχρῑ́στου murokhrī́stou	μῠροχρῑ́στου murokhrī́stou		μῠροχρῑ́στοιν murokhrī́stoin	μῠροχρῑ́στοιν murokhrī́stoin		μῠροχρῑ́στων murokhrī́stōn	μῠροχρῑ́στων murokhrī́stōn
Dative		μῠροχρῑ́στῳ murokhrī́stōi	μῠροχρῑ́στῳ murokhrī́stōi		μῠροχρῑ́στοιν murokhrī́stoin	μῠροχρῑ́στοιν murokhrī́stoin		μῠροχρῑ́στοις murokhrī́stois	μῠροχρῑ́στοις murokhrī́stois
Accusative		μῠρόχρῑστον murókhrīston	μῠρόχρῑστον murókhrīston		μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō	μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō		μῠροχρῑ́στους murokhrī́stous	μῠρόχρῑστᾰ murókhrīsta
Vocative		μῠρόχρῑστε murókhrīste	μῠρόχρῑστον murókhrīston		μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō	μῠροχρῑ́στω murokhrī́stō		μῠρόχρῑστοι murókhrīstoi	μῠρόχρῑστᾰ murókhrīsta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῠροχρῑ́στως murokhrī́stōs			μῠροχρῑστότερος murokhrīstóteros			μῠροχρῑστότᾰτος murokhrīstótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μυρόχριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μυρόχριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette