Nicephorius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικηφόριος (Nikēphórios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.keːˈpʰo.ri.us/, [niːkeːˈpʰɔriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.t͡ʃeˈfo.ri.us/, [nit͡ʃeˈfɔːrius]

Proper noun

Nīcēphorius m sg (genitive Nīcēphoriī or Nīcēphorī); second declension

1. An affluent of the Tigris, which washed the walls of Tigranocerta

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcēphorius
Genitive	Nīcēphoriī Nīcēphorī1
Dative	Nīcēphoriō
Accusative	Nīcēphorium
Ablative	Nīcēphoriō
Vocative	Nīcēphorī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Nicephorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nicephorius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly