Cleophon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεοφῶν (Kleophôn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.o.pʰoːn/, [ˈkɫ̪eɔpʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.o.fon/, [ˈklɛːofon]

Proper noun

Cleophōn m sg (genitive Cleophōntis); third declension

1. An Athenian demagogue and statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cleophōn
genitive	Cleophōntis
dative	Cleophōntī
accusative	Cleophōntem
ablative	Cleophōnte
vocative	Cleophōn

Descendants

• Italian: Cleofonte

References

• “Cleophon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cleophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.