Ξενοφῶν
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editξένος (xénos, “strange”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kse.no.pʰɔ̂ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kse.noˈpʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈɸon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfon/
Proper noun
editΞενοφῶν • (Xenophôn) m (genitive Ξενοφῶντος); third declension
- a male given name: Xenophon, notably borne by Xenophon of Athens
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ξενοφῶν ho Xenophôn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος toû Xenophôntos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ξενοφῶντῐ tôi Xenophônti | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ξενοφῶντᾰ tòn Xenophônta | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ξενοφῶν Xenophôn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Ξενοφώντειος (Xenophṓnteios), Ξενοφόντειος (Xenophónteios)
Descendants
edit- Albanian: Ksenofón
- Armenian: Քսենոփոն (Kʻsenopʻon)
- Greek: Ξενοφών (Xenofón), Ξενοφώντας (Xenofóntas)
- Latin: Xenophōn
References
edit- “Ξενοφῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ξενοφῶν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
Further reading
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
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