Xenophon
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν (Xenophôn).
Proper noun
Xenophon
- Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E. and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
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Translations
historian and philosopher
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Further reading
- “Xenophon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Xenophon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Latin
Alternative forms
- Xenofōn (Vulgate spelling)
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ξενοφῶν (Xenophôn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkse.no.pʰoːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkse.no.fon/,
Proper noun
Xenophōn m sg (genitive Xenophōntis); third declension
- Xenophon (a celebrated Greek historian and philosopher, born 445 B.C., a pupil of Socrates and a leader of the Greeks in the army of Cyrus the younger)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Xenophōn |
| genitive | Xenophōntis |
| dative | Xenophōntī |
| accusative | Xenophōntem |
| ablative | Xenophōnte |
| vocative | Xenophōn |
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References
- “Xĕnŏphon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Xĕnŏphōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,699/2.
- “Xenophon”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “Xenophon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Xenophon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Xenophōn” on page 2,124/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Xenophon (scriptor) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
