Διόφαντος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Δῐο- (Dio-, “Zeus”) + φᾰν- (phan-, “to appear”) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.ó.pʰan.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈo.pʰan.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.ɸan.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.fan.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.fan.dos/
Proper noun
Δῐόφᾰντος • (Dióphantos) m (genitive Δῐοφᾰ́ντου); first declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Diophantus
- in particular, the third century mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος ho Dióphantos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου toû Diophántou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δῐοφᾰ́ντῳ tôi Diophántōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δῐόφᾰντον tòn Dióphanton | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δῐόφᾰντε Dióphante | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Diophantus
See also
- Διοφάνης (Diophánēs)
References
- Διόφαντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)