Θεόπομπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”) +‎ -ος (-os); literally "godsent".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.pom.pos/ → /θeˈo.pom.pos/ → /θeˈo.pom.bos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.pom.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.pom.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pom.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pom.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.pom.bos/

Proper noun

Θεόπομπος • (Theópompos) m (genitive Θεοπόμπου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Theopompus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Θεόπομπος; τοῦ Θεοπόμπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Θεόπομπος ho Theópompos	τὼ Θεοπόμπω tṑ Theopómpō	οἱ Θεόπομποι hoi Theópompoi
Genitive	τοῦ Θεοπόμπου toû Theopómpou	τοῖν Θεοπόμποιν toîn Theopómpoin	τῶν Θεοπόμπων tôn Theopómpōn
Dative	τῷ Θεοπόμπῳ tôi Theopómpōi	τοῖν Θεοπόμποιν toîn Theopómpoin	τοῖς Θεοπόμποις toîs Theopómpois
Accusative	τὸν Θεόπομπον tòn Theópompon	τὼ Θεοπόμπω tṑ Theopómpō	τοὺς Θεοπόμπους toùs Theopómpous
Vocative	Θεόπομπε Theópompe	Θεοπόμπω Theopómpō	Θεόπομποι Theópompoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεόπομπος (Theópompos)
• → Latin: Theopompus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027