Διογένης

See also: διογενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stress-shifted form of διογενής (diogenḗs, literally “born of Zeus”), from Διός (Diós, genitive of Ζεύς (Zeús)) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “born of”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.ɡé.nɛːs/ → /ði.oˈʝe.nis/ → /ði.oˈʝe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.ɡé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.oˈɡe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈʝe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈʝe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈʝe.nis/

Proper noun

Δῐογένης • (Dĭogénēs) m (genitive Δῐογένεος or Δῐογένους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Diogenes

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Δῐογένης; τοῦ Δῐογένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐογένης ho Dĭogénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐογένους toû Dĭogénous
Dative	τῷ Δῐογένει tôi Dĭogénei
Accusative	τὸν Δῐογένη tòn Dĭogénē
Vocative	Δῐόγενες Dĭógenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δῐογένειᾰ f (Dĭogéneiă)
• Δῐογένειος (Dĭogéneios, adjective)
• Δῐογενιανός m (Dĭogenianós)
• Δῐογενῐ́δαι m pl (Dĭogenĭ́dai)
• Δῐογενῐσμός m (Dĭogenĭsmós)
• Δῐογενῐσταί m pl (Dĭogenĭstaí)

Related terms

• Δῐογένειᾰ n pl (Dĭogéneiă)
• Δῐογένειον n (Dĭogéneion)
• δῐογενέτωρ m (dĭogenétōr)
• δῐογένητος (dĭogénētos, adjective)

Descendants

• Greek: Διογένης (Diogénis)
• → Latin: Diogenēs

References

• Διογένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008