Κλειτοφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλειτός (kleitós, “famed”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.to.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /kli.toˈɸon/ → /kli.toˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.to.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.toˈfon/

Proper noun

Κλειτοφῶν • (Kleitophôn) m (genitive Κλειτοφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name: Clitophon; Cleitophon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κλειτοφῶν; τοῦ Κλειτοφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλειτοφῶν ho Kleitophôn
Genitive	τοῦ Κλειτοφῶντος toû Kleitophôntos
Dative	τῷ Κλειτοφῶντῐ tôi Kleitophôntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Κλειτοφῶντᾰ tòn Kleitophôntă
Vocative	Κλειτοφῶν Kleitophôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Clitophon; Cleitophon
• Greek: Κλειτοφών (Kleitofón); Κλειτοφώντας (Kleitofóntas)
• Latin: Clitophon

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006