Ἀριστοφάνης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) + -φανής (-phanḗs, “seeming, appearing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ris.to.pʰá.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈpʰa.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈɸa.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈfa.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈfa.nis/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης • (Aristophánēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Aristophanes
- c. 475 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.19–20:
- εἰ δʼ ἐὼν καλὸς ἔρδων τʼ ἐοικότα μορφᾷ
ἀνορέαις ὑπερτάταις ἐπέβα παῖς Ἀριστοφάνεος·- ei dʼ eṑn kalòs érdōn tʼ eoikóta morphâi
anoréais hupertátais epéba paîs Aristopháneos; - If, being beautiful and acting similar to his looks,
the son of Aristophanes embarked on deeds of utmost manliness, (...)
- ei dʼ eṑn kalòs érdōn tʼ eoikóta morphâi
- εἰ δʼ ἐὼν καλὸς ἔρδων τʼ ἐοικότα μορφᾷ
- (in particular) the 5th century BCE comic playwright Aristophanes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης ho Aristophánēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νους toû Aristophánous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νει tôi Aristophánei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νη tòn Aristophánē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓ρῐστόφᾰνες Aristóphanes | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀρῐστοφᾰ́νειος (Aristopháneios)
Descendants
- Greek: Αριστοφάνης (Aristofánis)
- → Latin: Aristophanēs (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: Արիստոփանէս (Aristopʻanēs)
- Armenian: Արիստոփանես (Aristopʻanes)
- Coptic: ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲁⲛⲏⲥ (aristophanēs)
Further reading
Aristophanes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ἀριστοφάνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Ἀριστοφάνης 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 1,002
- “Ἀριστοφάνης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
