ἱεροφάντης
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἱεροφᾰ́ντωρ (hierophántōr)
Etymology
[edit]From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “show”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ro.pʰán.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.roˈpʰan.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈɸan.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈfan.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈfan.dis/
Noun
[edit]ἱεροφᾰ́ντης • (hierophántēs) m (genitive ἱεροφᾰ́ντου); first declension
- hierophant, one who teaches rites of sacrifice and worship
- (at Rome) pontifex, high priest
- hierophant, a mystical expounder
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἱεροφᾰ́ντης ho hierophántēs |
τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ tṑ hierophántā |
οἱ ἱεροφᾰ́νται hoi hierophántai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἱεροφᾰ́ντου toû hierophántou |
τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν toîn hierophántain |
τῶν ἱεροφᾰντῶν tôn hierophantôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἱεροφᾰ́ντῃ tôi hierophántēi |
τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν toîn hierophántain |
τοῖς ἱεροφᾰ́νταις toîs hierophántais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἱεροφᾰ́ντην tòn hierophántēn |
τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ tṑ hierophántā |
τοὺς ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱς toùs hierophántās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾰ hierophánta |
ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ hierophántā |
ἱεροφᾰ́νται hierophántai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἱεροφᾰντέω (hierophantéō)
- ἱεροφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (hierophantíā)
- ἱεροφᾰντῐκός (hierophantikós)
- ἱεροφᾰ́ντρῐᾰ (hierophántria)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: hierophant
- Greek: ιεροφάντης (ierofántis)
- → Italian: ierofante
Further reading
[edit]- “ἱεροφάντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἱεροφάντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἱεροφάντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)
- Ancient Greek 5-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
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