Τιμοσθένης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τιμή (timḗ, “honor, offer, worth, price”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength, power”) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tiː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ti.mosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/
Proper noun
Τιμοσθένης • (Timosthénēs) m (genitive Τῑμοσθένους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Timosthenes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Τῑμοσθένης ho Tīmosthénēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τῑμοσθένους toû Tīmosthénous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τῑμοσθένει tôi Tīmosthénei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τῑμοσθένη tòn Tīmosthénē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τῑμόσθενες Tīmósthenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Tīmosthenēs
Further reading
- Τιμοσθένης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette