Ξενοφάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξένος (xénos) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō) +‎ -ης (-ēs), literally “strange-looking”

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰá.nɛːs/ → /kse.noˈɸa.nis/ → /kse.noˈfa.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kse.no.pʰá.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈpʰa.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈɸa.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfa.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kse.noˈfa.nis/

Proper noun

Ξενοφᾰ́νης • (Xenophánēs) m (genitive Ξενοφᾰ́νους); third declension

1. a male given name, Xenophanes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ξενοφᾰ́νης; τοῦ Ξενοφᾰ́νους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξενοφᾰ́νης ho Xenophánēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ξενοφᾰ́νους toû Xenophánous
Dative	τῷ Ξενοφᾰ́νει tôi Xenophánei
Accusative	τὸν Ξενοφᾰ́νη tòn Xenophánē
Vocative	Ξενόφᾰνες Xenóphanes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ξενοφάνης (Xenofánis)
• Latin: Xenophanes
• Old Armenian: Քսենոփանէս (Kʻsenopʻanēs)
  • Armenian: Քսենոփանես (Kʻsenopʻanes)
• Russian: Ксенофа́н (Ksenofán)
• Turkish: Ksenofanes

Further reading

• Ξενοφάνης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
• “Ξενοφάνης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011