Ἀντίγονος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (anti-, “against; comparable to”) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring; lineage, begetting”): "worthy of his father".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tí.ɡo.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈti.ɡo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈti.ɣo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈti.ɣo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.ɣo.nos/
Proper noun
Ἀντῐ́γονος • (Antígonos) m (genitive Ἀντῐγόνου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Antigonus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀντῐ́γονος ho Antígonos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀντῐγόνου toû Antigónou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀντῐγόνῳ tôi Antigónōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀντῐ́γονον tòn Antígonon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀντῐ́γονε Antígone | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ἀντῐγόνη (Antigónē)
Descendants
References
- “Ἀντίγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἀντίγονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001