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 geōgráphos	τὼ γεωγρᾰ́φω tṑ geōgráphō	οἱ γεωγρᾰ́φοι hoi geōgráphoi
Genitive	τοῦ γεωγρᾰ́φου toû geōgráphou	τοῖν γεωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn geōgráphoin	τῶν γεωγρᾰ́φων tôn geōgráphōn
Dative	τῷ γεωγρᾰ́φῳ tôi geōgráphōi	τοῖν γεωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn geōgráphoin	τοῖς γεωγρᾰ́φοις toîs geōgráphois
Accusative	τὸν γεωγρᾰ́φον tòn geōgráphon	τὼ γεωγρᾰ́φω tṑ geōgráphō	τοὺς γεωγρᾰ́φους toùs geōgráphous
Vocative	γεωγρᾰ́φε geōgráphe	γεωγρᾰ́φω geōgráphō	γεωγρᾰ́φοι geōgráphoi
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 (2006–2024)
• “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