Ξενοφάνης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξένος (xénos) + φαίνω (phaínō) + -ης (-ēs), literally “strange-looking”
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kse.no.pʰá.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kse.noˈpʰa.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈɸa.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfa.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kse.noˈfa.nis/
Proper noun
Ξενοφᾰ́νης • (Xenophánēs) m (genitive Ξενοφᾰ́νους); third declension
- a male given name, Xenophanes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ξενοφᾰ́νης ho Xenophánēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ξενοφᾰ́νους toû Xenophánous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ξενοφᾰ́νει tôi Xenophánei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ξενοφᾰ́νη tòn Xenophánē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ξενόφᾰνες Xenóphanes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ξενοφάνης (Xenofánis)
- Latin: Xenophanes
- Old Armenian: Քսենոփանէս (Kʻsenopʻanēs)
- Armenian: Քսենոփանես (Kʻsenopʻanes)
- Russian: Ксенофа́н (Ksenofán)
- Turkish: Ksenofanes
Further reading
- Ξενοφάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029