δειπνοσοφιστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “meal”) + σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “teacher”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /deː.pno.so.pʰis.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.pno.so.pʰisˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.pno.so.ɸisˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.pno.so.fisˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.pno.so.fisˈtis/
Noun
δειπνοσοφῐστής • (deipnosophĭstḗs) m (genitive δειπνοσοφῐστοῦ); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δειπνοσοφῐστής ho deipnosophĭstḗs |
τὼ δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ tṑ deipnosophĭstā́ |
οἱ δειπνοσοφῐσταί hoi deipnosophĭstaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δειπνοσοφῐστοῦ toû deipnosophĭstoû |
τοῖν δειπνοσοφῐσταῖν toîn deipnosophĭstaîn |
τῶν δειπνοσοφῐστῶν tôn deipnosophĭstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δειπνοσοφῐστῇ tōî deipnosophĭstēî |
τοῖν δειπνοσοφῐσταῖν toîn deipnosophĭstaîn |
τοῖς δειπνοσοφῐσταῖς toîs deipnosophĭstaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δειπνοσοφῐστήν tòn deipnosophĭstḗn |
τὼ δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ tṑ deipnosophĭstā́ |
τοὺς δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ς toùs deipnosophĭstā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δειπνοσοφῐστᾰ́ deipnosophĭstắ |
δειπνοσοφῐστᾱ́ deipnosophĭstā́ |
δειπνοσοφῐσταί deipnosophĭstaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δειπνσοφῐστῐκός (deipnsophĭstĭkós)
Descendants
- English: deipnosophist
Further reading
- “δειπνοσοφιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δειπνοσοφιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δειπνοσοφιστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)