Ἀριστοφάνης

See also: Αριστοφάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) +‎ -φανής (-phanḗs, “seeming, appearing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ris.to.pʰá.nɛːs/ → /a.ris.toˈɸa.nis/ → /a.ris.toˈfa.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ris.to.pʰá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ris.toˈpʰa.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ris.toˈɸa.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ris.toˈfa.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ris.toˈfa.nis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης • (Aristophánēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Aristophanes
   • c. 475 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.19–20:

     εἰ δʼ ἐὼν καλὸς ἔρδων τʼ ἐοικότα μορφᾷ
     ἀνορέαις ὑπερτάταις ἐπέβα παῖς Ἀριστοφάνεος·

     ei dʼ eṑn kalòs érdōn tʼ eoikóta morphâi
     anoréais hupertátais epéba paîs Aristopháneos;

     If, being beautiful and acting similar to his looks,
     the son of Aristophanes embarked on deeds of utmost manliness, (...)

   1. (in particular) the 5th century BCE comic playwright Aristophanes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νης ho Aristophánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νους toû Aristophánous
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νει tôi Aristophánei
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ρῐστοφᾰ́νη tòn Aristophánē
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ρῐστόφᾰνες Aristóphanes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀρῐστοφᾰ́νειος (Aristopháneios)

Descendants

• Greek: Αριστοφάνης (Aristofánis)
• → Latin: Aristophanēs (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Արիստոփանէս (Aristopʻanēs)
  • Armenian: Արիստոփանես (Aristopʻanes)
• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲁⲛⲏⲥ (aristophanēs)

Further reading

• Aristophanes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ἀριστοφάνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Ἀριστοφάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
• “Ἀριστοφάνης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter