Θεόφιλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós) +‎ φῐ́λος (phĭ́los).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.pʰi.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.pʰi.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ɸi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.fi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.fi.los/

Proper noun

Θεόφῐλος • (Theóphĭlos) m (genitive Θεοφῐ́λου); second declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Theophilus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Θεόφῐλος; τοῦ Θεοφῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θεόφῐλος ho Theóphĭlos
Genitive	τοῦ Θεοφῐ́λου toû Theophĭ́lou
Dative	τῷ Θεοφῐ́λῳ tôi Theophĭ́lōi
Accusative	τὸν Θεόφῐλον tòn Theóphĭlon
Vocative	Θεόφῐλε Theóphĭle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Θεόφιλος (Theófilos)
→ Latin: Theophilus
- → Dutch: Theofilus
- → English: Theophilus
- → French: Théophile
- → German: Theophil
- → Italian: Teofilo
- → Polish: Teofil
- → Portuguese: Teófilo
- → Spanish: Teófilo
- → Turkish: Tiofaylas
→ Russian: Феофи́л (Feofíl), Ѳеофи́лъ (Feofíl) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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