δειπνοσοφιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “meal”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “teacher”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deː.pno.so.pʰis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.pno.so.ɸisˈtis/ → /ði.pno.so.fisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /deː.pno.so.pʰis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.pno.so.pʰisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.pno.so.ɸisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.pno.so.fisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.pno.so.fisˈtis/

Noun

δειπνοσοφῐστής • (deipnosophistḗs) m (genitive δειπνοσοφῐστοῦ); first declension

1. deipnosophist

Inflection

First declension of ὁ δειπνοσοφῐστής; τοῦ δειπνοσοφῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δειπνοσοφῐστής ho deipnosophistḗs	τὼ δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ tṑ deipnosophistā́	οἱ δειπνοσοφῐσταί hoi deipnosophistaí
Genitive	τοῦ δειπνοσοφῐστοῦ toû deipnosophistoû	τοῖν δειπνοσοφῐσταῖν toîn deipnosophistaîn	τῶν δειπνοσοφῐστῶν tôn deipnosophistôn
Dative	τῷ δειπνοσοφῐστῇ tôi deipnosophistêi	τοῖν δειπνοσοφῐσταῖν toîn deipnosophistaîn	τοῖς δειπνοσοφῐσταῖς toîs deipnosophistaîs
Accusative	τὸν δειπνοσοφῐστήν tòn deipnosophistḗn	τὼ δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ tṑ deipnosophistā́	τοὺς δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ς toùs deipnosophistā́s
Vocative	δειπνοσοφῐστᾰ́ deipnosophistá	δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ deipnosophistā́	δειπνοσοφῐσταί deipnosophistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δειπνσοφῐστῐκός (deipnsophistikós)

Descendants

• English: deipnosophist

Further reading

• “δειπνοσοφιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δειπνοσοφιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δειπνοσοφιστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)