Χριστιανοί (Christianoi)

Χριστιανοί is an Ancient Greek form of Χριστιανός, meaning “Christianos — a Christian”. It is the nominative plural masculine noun or adjective.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Lucian of Samosata, De Morte Peregrini 12: … α περιεποίησεν πρὸς τὸν ἑξῆς βίον καὶ τὴν τερατείαν καὶ δοξοκοπίαν ὧν ἐρῶν ἐτύγχανεν. ἐπεὶ δʼ οὖν ἐδέδετο, οἱ Χριστιανοὶ συμφορὰν ποιούμενοι τὸ πρᾶγμα πάντα ἐκίνουν ἐξαρπάσαι πειρώμενοι αὐτόν. εἶτʼ, ἐπεὶ τοῦτο ἦν ἀδύνατον, ἥ γε ἄλ …

Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 2.4.18: … ι. ὡς γὰρ οἱ σοφοὶ σοφίᾳ εἰσὶ σοφοὶ καὶ οἱ νόμιμοι νόμῳ νόμιμοι. οὕτως οἱ Χριστῷ βασιλεῖ βασιλικοὶ Χριστοῦ οἱ Χριστιανοί. εἶθ’ ὑποβὰς ἐπιφέρει σαφῶς· τὸ μὲν ὀρθὸν ἂν εἴη νόμιμον καὶ νόμος φύσει ὢν ὁ λόγος ὁ ὀρθὸς καὶ οὐκ ἐν γράμμα …

Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume II 8.175.3: τούτου χριστιανοὶ λύσιν εὕρομεν, ἀθλοφόροισι

All forms of Χριστιανός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.