Βελλεροφόντης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βελλεροφόντᾱς (Bellerophóntās) — Doric
- Βελλεροφῶν (Bellerophôn)
Etymology
From Βέλλερος (Bélleros) + -φόντης (-phóntēs, “slayer”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bel.le.ro.pʰón.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bel.le.roˈpʰon.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βel.le.roˈɸon.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vel.le.roˈfon.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.le.roˈfon.dis/
Proper noun
Βελλεροφόντης • (Bellerophóntēs) m (genitive Βελλεροφόντου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Βελλεροφόντης ho Bellerophóntēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βελλεροφόντου toû Bellerophóntou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βελλεροφόντῃ tôi Bellerophóntēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βελλεροφόντην tòn Bellerophóntēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βελλεροφόντᾰ Bellerophónta | ||||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Βελλεροφόντης ho Bellerophóntēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βελλεροφόντεω / Βελλεροφόντω toû Bellerophónteō / Bellerophóntō | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βελλεροφόντῃ tôi Bellerophóntēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βελλεροφόντην tòn Bellerophóntēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βελλεροφόντᾰ Bellerophónta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Bellerophon, Bellerophont
- Greek: Βελλεροφόντης (Vellerofóntis)
- Latin: Bellerofontēs
References
- “Βελλεροφόντης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Βελλεροφόντης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
- Βελλεροφόντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette