ἔξοδος

See also: έξοδος, Έξοδος, and Ἔξοδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξ- (ex-, “out”) +‎ ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.so.dos/ → /ˈek.so.ðos/ → /ˈek.so.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.so.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.so.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.so.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.so.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.so.ðos/

Noun

ἔξοδος • (éxodos) f (genitive ἐξόδου); second declension

1. departure, leaving
2. a way out, exit

   Antonym: εἴσοδος (eísodos)

3. divorce
4. end, close
5. death

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἔξοδος; τῆς ἐξόδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔξοδος hē éxodos	τὼ ἐξόδω tṑ exódō	αἱ ἔξοδοι hai éxodoi
Genitive	τῆς ἐξόδου tês exódou	τοῖν ἐξόδοιν toîn exódoin	τῶν ἐξόδων tôn exódōn
Dative	τῇ ἐξόδῳ têi exódōi	τοῖν ἐξόδοιν toîn exódoin	ταῖς ἐξόδοις taîs exódois
Accusative	τὴν ἔξοδον tḕn éxodon	τὼ ἐξόδω tṑ exódō	τᾱ̀ς ἐξόδους tā̀s exódous
Vocative	ἔξοδε éxode	ἐξόδω exódō	ἔξοδοι éxodoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έξοδος (éxodos)
• → Latin: exodus
  • → Catalan: èxode
  • → English: exodus
  • → French: exode

Further reading

• “ἔξοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔξοδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔξοδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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
• G1841 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alternative idem, page 26.
  • aperture idem, page 33.
  • avenue idem, page 55.
  • campaign idem, page 110.
  • departure idem, page 211.
  • discharge idem, page 229.
  • egress idem, page 263.
  • escape idem, page 282.
  • excursion idem, page 290.
  • exit idem, page 292.
  • expedition idem, page 293.
  • loop-hole idem, page 499.
  • march idem, page 513.
  • mouth idem, page 544.
  • orifice idem, page 579.
  • out-going idem, page 582.
  • outlet idem, page 582.
  • passage idem, page 597.
  • procession idem, page 644.
  • regress idem, page 687.
  • retirement idem, page 707.
  • retreat idem, page 707.
  • sally idem, page 732.
  • solution idem, page 793.
  • thoroughfare idem, page 868.
  • vent idem, page 947.
  • way idem, page 968.
  • withdrawal idem, page 984.