Ἱεροφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.e.ro.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /i.e.roˈɸon/ → /i.e.roˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.e.ro.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.e.roˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈfon/

Proper noun

Ῑ̔εροφῶν • (Hīerophôn) m (genitive Ῑ̔εροφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hierophon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ῑ̔εροφῶν; τοῦ Ῑ̔εροφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̔εροφῶν ho Hīerophôn
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̔εροφῶντος toû Hīerophôntos
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̔εροφῶντῐ tôi Hīerophônti
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̔εροφῶντᾰ tòn Hīerophônta
Vocative	Ῑ̔εροφῶν Hīerophôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιεροφών (Ierofón)
• → Latin: Hīerophōn

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013