Πρόξενος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πρόξενος (próxenos, “patron, protector”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prók.se.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
Proper noun
Πρόξενος • (Próxenos) m (genitive Προξένου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Proxenus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Πρόξενος ho Próxenos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Προξένου toû Proxénou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Προξένῳ tôi Proxénōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πρόξενον tòn Próxenon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πρόξενε Próxene | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023