Ἰνδός

See also: Ινδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

Compare Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”) in the Rigveda.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension

  1. the Indus river

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἰνδός
ho Indós
Genitive τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ
toû Indoû
Dative τῷ Ἰνδῷ
tôi Indôi
Accusative τὸν Ἰνδόν
tòn Indón
Vocative Ἰνδέ
Indé
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ἰνδός • (Indós) m (genitive Ἰνδοῦ); second declension

  1. an inhabitant of India or the Indian subcontinent; an Indian

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἰνδός; τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Ἰνδός
ho Indós		 τὼ Ἰνδώ
tṑ Indṓ		 οἱ Ἰνδοί
hoi Indoí
Genitive τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ
toû Indoû		 τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν
toîn Indoîn		 τῶν Ἰνδῶν
tôn Indôn
Dative τῷ Ἰνδῷ
tôi Indôi		 τοῖν Ἰνδοῖν
toîn Indoîn		 τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς
toîs Indoîs
Accusative τὸν Ἰνδόν
tòn Indón		 τὼ Ἰνδώ
tṑ Indṓ		 τοὺς Ἰνδούς
toùs Indoús
Vocative Ἰνδέ
Indé		 Ἰνδώ
Indṓ		 Ἰνδοί
Indoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Ἰνδός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἰνδός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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