Diogenes

See also: Diógenes and Dïogenès

English

Etymology

From Latin Diogenēs, from Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪˈɒdʒəniːz/

Proper noun

Diogenes

  1. An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek
  2. Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Diogenēs m (genitive Diogenis); third declension.

  1. A masculine praenomen.
  2. Diogenes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Diogenēs
Genitive Diogenis
Dative Diogenī
Accusative Diogenēs
Diogenem
Ablative Diogene
Vocative Diogenēs

References

  • Diogenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Diogenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Diogenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Diogenes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Diogenēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djɔˈɡɛ.nɛs/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛs
  • Syllabification: Dio‧ge‧nes

Proper noun

Diogenes m pers

  1. (uncountable, Ancient Greece, philosophy) Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism)
  2. (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Diogenes

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