Χεφρῆν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Κεφρήν (Kephrḗn), Κερφέρης (Kerphérēs), Χαβρύης (Khabrúēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰe.pʰrɛ̂ːn/ → /çeˈɸrin/ → /çeˈfrin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.pʰrɛ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰeˈpʰre̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çeˈɸrin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çeˈfrin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çeˈfrin/

Proper noun

Χεφρῆν • (Khephrên) m (genitive Χεφρῆνος); third declension

1. a male given name from Egyptian: Chephren, an Egyptian pharaoh and the builder of one of the pyramids

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Χεφρῆν; τοῦ Χεφρῆνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χεφρῆν ho Khephrên
Genitive	τοῦ Χεφρῆνος toû Khephrênos
Dative	τῷ Χεφρῆνῐ tôi Khephrêni
Accusative	τὸν Χεφρῆνᾰ tòn Khephrêna
Vocative	Χεφρῆν Khephrên
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: Chephren
• → Latin: Chefrēn

Further reading

• Χεφρῆν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette