Ξενοφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ξένος (xénos, “strange”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /kse.noˈɸon/ → /kse.noˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfon/

Proper noun

Ξενοφῶν • (Xenophôn) m (genitive Ξενοφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name: Xenophon, notably borne by Xenophon of Athens

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ξενοφῶν; τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξενοφῶν ho Xenophôn
Genitive	τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος toû Xenophôntos
Dative	τῷ Ξενοφῶντῐ tôi Xenophônti
Accusative	τὸν Ξενοφῶντᾰ tòn Xenophônta
Vocative	Ξενοφῶν Xenophôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ξενοφώντειος (Xenophṓnteios), Ξενοφόντειος (Xenophónteios)

Descendants

• Albanian: Ksenofón
• Armenian: Քսենոփոն (Kʻsenopʻon)
• Greek: Ξενοφών (Xenofón), Ξενοφώντας (Xenofóntas)
• Latin: Xenophōn

References

• “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

• Xenophon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia