γεωγράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεω- (geō-, “earth”) +‎ -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /ʝe.oˈɣra.ɸos/ → /ʝe.oˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.oˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈɣra.fos/

Noun

γεωγράφος • (geōgráphos) m (genitive γεωγράφου); second declension

1. geographer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γεωγρᾰ́φος; τοῦ γεωγρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γεωγρᾰ́φος ho geōgrắphos	τὼ γεωγρᾰ́φω tṑ geōgrắphō	οἱ γεωγρᾰ́φοι hoi geōgrắphoi
Genitive	τοῦ γεωγρᾰ́φου toû geōgrắphou	τοῖν γεωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn geōgrắphoin	τῶν γεωγρᾰ́φων tôn geōgrắphōn
Dative	τῷ γεωγρᾰ́φῳ tôi geōgrắphōi	τοῖν γεωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn geōgrắphoin	τοῖς γεωγρᾰ́φοις toîs geōgrắphois
Accusative	τὸν γεωγρᾰ́φον tòn geōgrắphon	τὼ γεωγρᾰ́φω tṑ geōgrắphō	τοὺς γεωγρᾰ́φους toùs geōgrắphous
Vocative	γεωγρᾰ́φε geōgrắphe	γεωγρᾰ́φω geōgrắphō	γεωγρᾰ́φοι geōgrắphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γεωγραφίᾱ (geōgraphíā)

Descendants

• → Latin: geōgraphus
  • Spanish: geógrafo

Further reading

• γεωγράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεωγράφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “γεωγράφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γεωγράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press