Κλεοφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “fame”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kle.o.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /kle.oˈɸon/ → /kle.oˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kle.o.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kle.oˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kle.oˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kle.oˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kle.oˈfon/

Proper noun

Κλεοφῶν • (Kleophôn) m (genitive Κλεοφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name: Cleophon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κλεοφῶν; τοῦ Κλεοφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλεοφῶν ho Kleophôn
Genitive	τοῦ Κλεοφῶντος toû Kleophôntos
Dative	τῷ Κλεοφῶντῐ tôi Kleophôntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Κλεοφῶντᾰ tòn Kleophôntă
Vocative	Κλεοφῶν Kleophôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κλεοφών (Kleofón); Κλεοφώντας (Kleofóntas)
• Latin: Cleophōn

References

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