# Χριστός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

A noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “of an ointment, etc.: to be rubbed on; of a person: ceremonially anointed”) (a semantic loan from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)) from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰriːs.tós/ → /xrisˈtos/ → /xrisˈtos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kʰriːs.tós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /kʰrisˈtos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /xrisˈtos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /xrisˈtos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /xrisˈtos/

### Proper noun

Χρῑστός • (Khrīstós) m (genitive Χρῑστοῦ); second declension
* Messiah or Christ, an epithet of Jesus of Nazareth

#### Synonyms

* Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)

#### Derived terms

* Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Iēsoûs Khristós)
* Χρῑστῐᾱνός (Khrīstĭānós)
* Χριστόφορος (Khristóphoros)

#### Descendants

* Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
* → Coptic: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (khristos)
* → Gothic: 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (xristus)
* → Latin: Chrīstus (see there for further descendants)
* →⇒ Laz: ხისტონა (xisťona), ხისტრონა (xisťrona) — Atina, ხისთანა (xistana) — Lome, ხრისთინა (xristina) — Borghola, ხრისტანა (xrisťana) — Khopa
* → Old Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos)
** Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos)
* → Old Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) (or from Latin)
** Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe)
*** → Bats: ქრისტე (krisṭe)
*** → Mingrelian: ქირსე (kirse, “Christmas; Christ”), ქრისტე (krisṭe, “Christ”)
**** → Abkhaz: Қьы́рса (Kʲə́rsa, “Christmas; Christ”)
*** → Svan: ქრისდე (krisde), ქრისტე (krisṭe)
*** → Chechen: Керста (Kersta, “Christian”)
*** → Ossetian:
**** Digor Ossetian: Киристе (Kiriste, “Christ”)
**** Iron Ossetian: Чырысти (Ḱyrysti, “Christ”)
* → Old Church Slavonic: христосъ (xristosŭ), христъ (xristŭ), хрьстосъ (xrĭstosŭ), хрьстъ (xrĭstŭ)
** Bulgarian: Христос (Hristos)
** → Russian: Христо́с (Xristós)
** → Serbo-Croatian: Христос, Hristos
** → Ukrainian: Христо́с (Xrystós)
* → Proto-Slavic: *krьstъ (“baptism, cross”) (see there for further descendants)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρῑ́ω, -ομαι (> DER > 6. χριστός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1650

### Further reading

* “Χριστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Χριστός 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
* G5547 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Etymology

From Byzantine Greek, from Koine Greek, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xɾiˈstos/

### Proper noun

Χριστός • (Christós) m
* (Christianity) Jesus Christ (the Messiah named Jesus)
    Coordinate term: (male given name) Χρίστος (Chrístos)

#### Declension

the form Χριστόν is found

#### Related terms

* αντιχριστιανικός (antichristianikós, “unchristian, antichristian”, adjective)
* αντίχριστος (antíchristos, “not Christian”, adjective)
* Αντίχριστος n (Antíchristos, “the Antichrist”)
* χριστιανή f (christianí, “Christian”)
* χριστιανικός (christianikós, “Christian”, adjective)
* χριστιανισμός m (christianismós, “Christianity”)
* χριστιανός m (christianós, “Christian”)
* χριστιανοσύνη m (christianosýni, “Christendom”)

### Further reading

* Ιησούς Χριστός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$