Στησίχορος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to set”) + χορός (khorós, “chorus”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stɛː.sí.kʰo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ste̝ˈsi.kʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stiˈsi.xo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stiˈsi.xo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stiˈsi.xo.ros/
Proper noun
Στησῐ́χορος • (Stēsíkhoros) m (genitive Στησῐχόρου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Stesichorus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Στησῐ́χορος ho Stēsíkhoros | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Στησῐχόρου toû Stēsikhórou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Στησῐχόρῳ tôi Stēsikhórōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Στησῐ́χορον tòn Stēsíkhoron | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Στησῐ́χορε Stēsíkhore | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Στησίχορος (Stisíchoros)
- → Latin: Stesichorus
- → French: Stésichore
- → Italian: Stesicoro
- Sicilian: Stesìcuru
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025