Ἀφρόδιτος

See also: Αφροδίτος and Αφρόδιτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The name is a masculine form of Ἀφροδῑ́τη (Aphrodī́tē, “Aphrodite”), who was represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility, but afterwards as a divine being combining the two sexes.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰró.diː.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰro.di.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸro.ði.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfro.ði.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfro.ði.tos/

Proper noun

Ἀφρόδῑτος • (Aphródītos) m (genitive Ἀφροδῑ́του); first declension

Aphroditus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἀφρόδῑτος; τοῦ Ἀφροδῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀφρόδῑτος ho Aphródītos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀφροδῑ́του toû Aphrodī́tou
Dative	τῷ Ἀφροδῑ́τῳ tōî Aphrodī́tōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀφρόδῑτον tòn Aphródīton
Vocative	Ἀφρόδῑτε Aphródīte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Αφρόδιτος (Afróditos)
Latin: Aphrodītus

References

Ἀφρόδιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

^ “Ἀφρόδιτος”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

[1] “Ἀφρόδιτος”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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