Ἀφρόδιτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The name is a masculine form of Ἀφροδῑ́τη (Aphrodī́tē, “Aphrodite”), who was represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility, but afterwards as a divine being combining the two sexes.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰró.diː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpʰro.di.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɸro.ði.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈfro.ði.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈfro.ði.tos/
Declension
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀφρόδῑτος ho Aphródītos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀφροδῑ́του toû Aphrodī́tou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀφροδῑ́τῳ tôi Aphrodī́tōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀφρόδῑτον tòn Aphródīton | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀφρόδῑτε Aphródīte | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αφρόδιτος (Afróditos)
- Latin: Aphrodītus
References
- Ἀφρόδιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Ἀφρόδιτος”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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