Διόφαντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Δῐο- (Dĭo-, “Zeus”) +‎ φᾰν- (phăn-, “to appear”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δῐόφᾰντος • (Dĭóphăntos) m (genitive Δῐοφᾰ́ντου); first declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Diophantus
  2. in particular, the third century mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος; τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος
ho Dĭóphăntos
Genitive τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου
toû Dĭophắntou
Dative τῷ Δῐοφᾰ́ντῳ
tōî Dĭophắntōi
Accusative τὸν Δῐόφᾰντον
tòn Dĭóphănton
Vocative Δῐόφᾰντε
Dĭóphănte
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Diophantus

See also

References

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