Χαιρεφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαίρω (khaírō) +‎ φώνη (phṓnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.re.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /çɛ.reˈɸon/ → /çe.reˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.re.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ.reˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çɛ.reˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.reˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.reˈfon/

Proper noun

Χαιρεφῶν • (Khairephôn) m (genitive Χαιρεφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Chaerephon

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Χαιρεφῶν; τοῦ Χαιρεφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χαιρεφῶν ho Khairephôn
Genitive	τοῦ Χαιρεφῶντος toû Khairephôntos
Dative	τῷ Χαιρεφῶντῐ tôi Khairephônti
Accusative	τὸν Χαιρεφῶντᾰ tòn Khairephônta
Vocative	Χαιρεφῶν Khairephôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χαιρεφών (Chairefón); Χαιρεφώντας (Chairefóntas)
• Latin: Chaerephon

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005