Ἀντιφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (anti-, “against”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /an.tiˈɸon/ → /an.diˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.ti.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.diˈfon/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶν • (Antiphôn) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Antiphon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶν; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶν ho Antiphôn
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶντος toû Antiphôntos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶντῐ tôi Antiphônti
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶντᾰ tòn Antiphônta
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ντῐφῶν Antiphôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αντιφών (Antifón)
• → Latin: Antiphōn

References

• Ἀντιφῶν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001