Μεσσίας
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mes.sǐː.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈsi.as/
Proper noun
[edit]Μεσσῑ́ᾱς • (Messī́ās) m (genitive Μεσσῑ́ου); first declension
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: Μεσσίας (Messías)
- → Coptic: ⲙⲉⲥⲓⲁⲥ (mesias)
- → Latin: Messīās (see there for further descendants)
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- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Aramaic
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- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
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