χρηστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrɛːs.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰresˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/

Homophone: χριστός (khristós) (Koine from the 4th century AD on)

Adjective

χρηστός • (khrēstós) m (feminine χρηστή, neuter χρηστόν); first/second declension

good, useful

Declension

First and second declension of χρηστός; χρηστή; χρηστόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χρηστός khrēstós	χρηστή khrēstḗ	χρηστόν khrēstón	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστοί khrēstoí	χρησταί khrēstaí	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Genitive	χρηστοῦ khrēstoû	χρηστῆς khrēstês	χρηστοῦ khrēstoû	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρησταῖν khrēstaîn	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρηστῶν khrēstôn	χρηστῶν khrēstôn	χρηστῶν khrēstôn
Dative	χρηστῷ khrēstôi	χρηστῇ khrēstêi	χρηστῷ khrēstôi	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρησταῖν khrēstaîn	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρηστοῖς khrēstoîs	χρησταῖς khrēstaîs	χρηστοῖς khrēstoîs
Accusative	χρηστόν khrēstón	χρηστήν khrēstḗn	χρηστόν khrēstón	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστούς khrēstoús	χρηστᾱ́ς khrēstā́s	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Vocative	χρηστέ khrēsté	χρηστή khrēstḗ	χρηστόν khrēstón	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστοί khrēstoí	χρησταί khrēstaí	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χρηστῶς khrēstôs			χρηστότερος khrēstóteros			χρηστότᾰτος khrēstótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.