Aristophanes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aristophanēs, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophánēs).

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Proper noun

Aristophanes

  1. An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophánēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑiˈsd̥oˀfanɛs]

Proper noun

Aristophanes

  1. Aristophanes

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophánēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aristophanēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Aristophanis or Aristophanae); third declension, first declension

  1. a male given name, Aristophanes, from Ancient Greekfamously held by:
    1. Aristophanes simpliciter (circa 446–386 BC), ancient Athenian comic poet and playwright (the most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates)
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    2. Aristophanes of Byzantium (circa 257–185/180 BC), Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic, and grammarian, head of the Library of Alexandria from 197 BC until his death, credited with the invention of polytonic Greek orthography (a distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus)
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Declension

Third-declension noun or first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aristophanēs
Genitive Aristophanis
Aristophanae
Dative Aristophanī
Aristophanae
Accusative Aristophanem
Aristophanēn
Ablative Aristophane
Aristophanē
Vocative Aristophanēs
Aristophanē

Descendants

  • English: Aristophanes

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