Υἱός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• υἱύς (huiús) — Attic
• 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/

Proper noun

Υἱός • (Huiós) m (genitive Υἱέος or Υἱοῦ); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

1. (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
Nominative	ὁ Υἱός ho Huiós
Genitive	τοῦ Υἱοῦ toû Huioû
Dative	τῷ Υἱῷ tôi Huiôi
Accusative	τὸν Υἱόν tòn Huión
Vocative	Υἱέ Huié
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.