Πρόξενος

See also: πρόξενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρόξενος (próxenos, “patron, protector”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prók.se.nos/ → /ˈprok.se.nos/ → /ˈprok.se.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prók.se.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈprok.se.nos/

Proper noun

Πρόξενος • (Próxenos) m (genitive Προξένου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Proxenus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πρόξενος; τοῦ Προξένου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πρόξενος ho Próxenos
Genitive	τοῦ Προξένου toû Proxénou
Dative	τῷ Προξένῳ tôi Proxénōi
Accusative	τὸν Πρόξενον tòn Próxenon
Vocative	Πρόξενε Próxene
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πρόξενος (Próxenos)
• → Latin: Proxenus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023