Τιμοσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τιμή (timḗ, “honor, offer, worth, price”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strength, power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/ → /ti.mosˈθe.nis/ → /ti.mosˈθe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tiː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.mosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.mosˈθe.nis/

Proper noun

Τιμοσθένης • (Timosthénēs) m (genitive Τῑμοσθένους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Timosthenes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τῑμοσθένης; τοῦ Τῑμοσθένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῑμοσθένης ho Tīmosthénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τῑμοσθένους toû Tīmosthénous
Dative	τῷ Τῑμοσθένει tôi Tīmosthénei
Accusative	τὸν Τῑμοσθένη tòn Tīmosthénē
Vocative	Τῑμόσθενες Tīmósthenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Tīmosthenēs

Further reading

• Τιμοσθένης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette