ἁγιωσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅγιος (hágios, “holy, sacred”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.ɡi.ɔː.sý.nɛː/ → /a.ʝi.oˈsy.ni/ → /a.ʝi.oˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.ɡi.ɔː.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.ɡi.oˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝi.oˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝi.oˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝi.oˈsi.ni/

Noun

ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νη • (hăgĭōsŭ́nē) f (genitive ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νης); first declension (Koine)

1. holiness, sanctity
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Maccabees 3.12
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 1:4

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νη; τῆς ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νης (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νη hē hăgĭōsŭ́nē
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νης tês hăgĭōsŭ́nēs
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νῃ têi hăgĭōsŭ́nēi
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νην tḕn hăgĭōsŭ́nēn
Vocative	ᾰ̔γῐωσῠ́νη hăgĭōsŭ́nē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἁγιωσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁγιωσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁγιωσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁγιωσύνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G42 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible