Φίληβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “friend”) +‎ ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰí.lɛː.bos/ → /ˈɸi.li.βos/ → /ˈfi.li.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰí.lɛː.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.le̝.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.li.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.li.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.li.vos/

Proper noun

Φῐ́ληβος • (Phílēbos) m (genitive Φῐλήβου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Philebus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φῐ́ληβος; τοῦ Φῐλήβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φῐ́ληβος ho Phílēbos
Genitive	τοῦ Φῐλήβου toû Philḗbou
Dative	τῷ Φῐλήβῳ tôi Philḗbōi
Accusative	τὸν Φῐ́ληβον tòn Phílēbon
Vocative	Φῐ́ληβε Phílēbe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φίληβος (Fílivos)
• → Latin: Philebus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021