Ἡφαιστίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos, “Hephaestus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.pʰai̯s.tí.ɔːn/ → /i.ɸɛsˈti.on/ → /i.fesˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.pʰai̯s.tí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.pʰɛsˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ɸɛsˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.fesˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.fesˈti.on/

Proper noun

Ἡφαιστῐ́ων • (Hēphaistíōn) m (genitive Ἡφαιστῐ́ωνος); third declension

1. Hephaestion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἡφαιστῐ́ων; τοῦ Ἡφαιστῐ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἡφαιστῐ́ων ho Hēphaistíōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡφαιστῐ́ωνος toû Hēphaistíōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἡφαιστῐ́ωνῐ tôi Hēphaistíōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἡφαιστῐ́ωνᾰ tòn Hēphaistíōna
Vocative	Ἡφαιστῐ́ων Hēphaistíōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Akkadian: 𒂊𒉿𒋢𒋾𒌑𒉡 (e-pi-su-ti-ú-nu)
• Greek: Ηφαιστίων (Ifaistíon)
• Latin: Hēphaestiō

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012