Talk:Διόφαντος

@Erutuon: it could also come from φημί (phēmí), which I find semantically more convincing. --Barytonesis (talk) 21:43, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis: Huh. Where would the ν (n) come from then? The adjective from φημί (phēmí) + -τος (-tos) is φατός (phatós). — Eru·tuon 21:48, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

@Erutuon: sorry, for some reason I was thinking about the present participle, but it wouldn't make sense in a compound --Barytonesis (talk) 21:50, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis: Ahh. Well, the meaning of my analysis puzzles me too: "manifestation of Zeus" (in which Zeus is the one undergoing the verbal meaning), "one who appears by the agency of Zeus" (in which Zeus is the agent or the instrument)? — Eru·tuon 21:55, 6 July 2017 (UTC)