ἀρσενοκοίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρσην (ársēn, “male”) and κοι-, o-grade stem of κεῖμαι (keîmai, “lie”), +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix), thus "a male who lies with males."

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.sɛ.noˈky.tes/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.se.noˈky.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.se.noˈcy.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.se.noˈci.tis/

Noun

ἀρσενοκοίτης • (arsenokoítēs) m (genitive ἀρσενοκοίτου); first declension

man who engages in sexual activity with other males, homosexual, sodomite
- New Testament, First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:9
- New Testament, First Epistle to Timothy 1:10
specifically, the active (penetrating) partner in male homosexual activity, as opposed to the passive partner
Antonym: μαλακός (malakós)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀρσενοκοίτης; τοῦ ἀρσενοκοίτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρσενοκοίτης ho arsenokoítēs	τὼ ἀρσενοκοίτᾱ tṑ arsenokoítā	οἱ ἀρσενοκοῖται hoi arsenokoîtai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρσενοκοίτου toû arsenokoítou	τοῖν ἀρσενοκοίταιν toîn arsenokoítain	τῶν ἀρσενοκοιτῶν tôn arsenokoitôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρσενοκοίτῃ tôi arsenokoítēi	τοῖν ἀρσενοκοίταιν toîn arsenokoítain	τοῖς ἀρσενοκοίταις toîs arsenokoítais
Accusative	τὸν ἀρσενοκοίτην tòn arsenokoítēn	τὼ ἀρσενοκοίτᾱ tṑ arsenokoítā	τοὺς ἀρσενοκοίτᾱς toùs arsenokoítās
Vocative	ἀρσενοκοῖτᾰ arsenokoîta	ἀρσενοκοίτᾱ arsenokoítā	ἀρσενοκοῖται arsenokoîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.