Διόφαντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Δῐο- (Dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ φᾰν- (phan-, “to appear”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ó.pʰan.tos/ → /ðiˈo.ɸan.tos/ → /ðiˈo.fan.dos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ó.pʰan.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈo.pʰan.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ɸan.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.fan.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.fan.dos/

Proper noun

Δῐόφᾰντος • (Dióphantos) m (genitive Δῐοφᾰ́ντου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Diophantus
2. in particular, the third century mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος; τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος ho Dióphantos
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου toû Diophántou
Dative	τῷ Δῐοφᾰ́ντῳ tôi Diophántōi
Accusative	τὸν Δῐόφᾰντον tòn Dióphanton
Vocative	Δῐόφᾰντε Dióphante
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Diophantus

See also

• Διοφάνης (Diophánēs)

References

• Διόφαντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)