Ἀπολλύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Present active participle of ἀπόλλῡμι (apóllūmi)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.polˈly.on/ → /a.poˈli.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.polˈly.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.polˈly.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.polˈly.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈli.on/

Proper noun

Ἀπολλῡ́ων • (Apollū́ōn) m (genitive Ἀπολλῡ́ονος); third declension

1. (Christianity) Apollyon, the angel mentioned in Revelation 9:11.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀπολλῡ́ων; τοῦ Ἀπολλῡ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀπολλῡ́ων ho Apollū́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀπολλῡ́ονος toû Apollū́onos
Dative	τῷ Ἀπολλῡ́ονῐ tôi Apollū́oni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀπολλῡ́ονᾰ tòn Apollū́ona
Vocative	Ἀπολλῦον Apollûon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Απολλύων (Apollýon); Απολλύονας (Apollýonas)
• → Latin: Apollȳōn

References

• 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
• G623 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible