Σοφαίνετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σοφός (sophós, “clever”) +‎ αἰνετός (ainetós, “praiseworthy”, from αἶνος (aînos, “fable; praise”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /so.pʰǎi̯.ne.tos/ → /soˈɸɛ.ne.tos/ → /soˈfe.ne.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.pʰǎi̯.ne.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈpʰɛ.ne.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈɸɛ.ne.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈfe.ne.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈfe.ne.tos/

Proper noun

Σοφαίνετος • (Sophaínetos) m (genitive Σοφαινέτου); second declension

1. a male given name, Sophaenetus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σοφαίνετος; τοῦ Σοφαινέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σοφαίνετος ho Sophaínetos
Genitive	τοῦ Σοφαινέτου toû Sophainétou
Dative	τῷ Σοφαινέτῳ tôi Sophainétōi
Accusative	τὸν Σοφαίνετον tòn Sophaíneton
Vocative	Σοφαίνετε Sophaínete
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σοφαίνετος (Sofaínetos)
• → Latin: Sophaenetus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025