Φιλήμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φῐλήμων • (Phĭlḗmōn) m (genitive Φῐλήμονος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Philemon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φῐλήμων; τοῦ Φῐλήμονος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φῐλήμων
ho Phĭlḗmōn
Genitive τοῦ Φῐλήμονος
toû Phĭlḗmonos
Dative τῷ Φῐλήμονῐ
tōî Phĭlḗmonĭ
Accusative τὸν Φῐλήμονᾰ
tòn Phĭlḗmonă
Vocative Φῐλῆμον
Phĭlêmon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Φιλήμων (Filímon)
  • Latin: Philēmōn

Further reading

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