Χριστόφορος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰriːs.tó.pʰo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰrisˈto.pʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.ɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/
Proper noun
Χρῑστόφορος • (Khrīstóphoros) m (genitive Χρῑστοφόρου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher
- Saint Christopher
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Χρῑστόφορος ho Khrīstóphoros | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Χρῑστοφόρου toû Khrīstophórou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Χρῑστοφόρῳ tōî Khrīstophórōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Χρῑστόφορον tòn Khrīstóphoron | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χρῑστόφορε Khrīstóphore | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Belarusian: Хрыстафо́р (Xrystafór)
- Catalan: Cristòfor
- Dutch: Christoffel
- English: Christopher
- French: Christophe
- German: Christoph
- Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóforos)
- Irish: Críostóir
- Galician: Cristovo
- Italian: Cristoforo
- Japanese: クリストフォロス (Kurisutoforosu)
- Latin: Chrīstophorus
- Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Polish: Krzysztofor, Krzysztof
- Portuguese: Cristóvão
- Russian: Христофо́р (Xristofór)
- Serbo-Croatian: Kristofor
- Slovak: Krištof
- Sicilian: Cristòfaru
- Spanish: Cristóbal
- Swedish: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer, Kristofer
- Venetan: Cristoforo
- Welsh: Cristoffer