Παντελεήμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Etymology tree
From παντο- (panto-, “all”) + ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”)
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pan.te.leˈi.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pan.te.leˈi.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pan.de.leˈi.mon/
Proper noun
Παντελεήμων • (Panteleḗmōn) m (genitive Παντελεήμονος); third declension
- (Koine, Byzantine) a male given name meaning “all-merciful”, equivalent to English Pantaleon or Panteleimon
Declension
Descendants
- ⇒ Greek: Παντελής (Pantelís)
- → English: Panteleimon
- → Italian: Pantalone (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: Pantaleón
Further reading
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Παντελεήμων”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 837