Ἰγνάτιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἐγνάτιος (Egnátios)

Etymology

From Latin Ignātius, a collateral form of Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈɡna.ti.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈɣna.ti.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈɣna.ti.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈɣna.ti.os/

Proper noun

Ἰγνάτιος • (Ignátios) m (genitive Ἰγνατίου); second declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Ignatius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰγνάτιος; τοῦ Ἰγνατίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰγνάτιος ho Ignátios	τὼ Ἰγνατίω tṑ Ignatíō	οἱ Ἰγνάτιοι hoi Ignátioi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰγνατίου toû Ignatíou	τοῖν Ἰγνατίοιν toîn Ignatíoin	τῶν Ἰγνατίων tôn Ignatíōn
Dative	τῷ Ἰγνατίῳ tōî Ignatíōi	τοῖν Ἰγνατίοιν toîn Ignatíoin	τοῖς Ἰγνατίοις toîs Ignatíois
Accusative	τὸν Ἰγνάτιον tòn Ignátion	τὼ Ἰγνατίω tṑ Ignatíō	τοὺς Ἰγνατίους toùs Ignatíous
Vocative	Ἰγνάτιε Ignátie	Ἰγνατίω Ignatíō	Ἰγνάτιοι Ignátioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Ιγνάτιος (Ignátios), Εγνάτιος (Egnátios)

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ignatius”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.