Χεφρῆν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Κεφρήν (Kephrḗn), Κερφέρης (Kerphérēs), Χαβρύης (Khabrúēs)[1]
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰe.pʰrɛ̂ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰeˈpʰre̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çeˈɸrin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çeˈfrin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çeˈfrin/
Proper noun
Χεφρῆν • (Khephrên) m (genitive Χεφρῆνος); third declension
- a male given name, Chephren, from Egyptian, an Egyptian pharaoh and the builder of one of the pyramids
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Χεφρῆν ho Khephrên | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Χεφρῆνος toû Khephrênos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Χεφρῆνῐ tōî Khephrênĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Χεφρῆνᾰ tòn Khephrênă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χεφρῆν Khephrên | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: Chephren
- → Latin: Chefrēn
Further reading
- Χεφρῆν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ^ Gundacker, Roman (2015) “The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho’s Aegyptiaca” in Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom, page 117