ἱεροφάντης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἱεροφᾰ́ντωρ (hierophắntōr)

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō, “show”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἱεροφᾰ́ντης • (hierophắntēs) m (genitive ἱεροφᾰ́ντου); first declension

  1. hierophant, one who teaches rites of sacrifice and worship
  2. (at Rome) pontifex, high priest
  3. hierophant, a mystical expounder

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἱεροφᾰ́ντης; τοῦ ἱεροφᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἱεροφᾰ́ντης
ho hierophắntēs 		τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hierophắntā 		οἱ ἱεροφᾰ́νται
hoi hierophắntai
Genitive τοῦ ἱεροφᾰ́ντου
toû hierophắntou 		τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hierophắntain 		τῶν ἱεροφᾰντῶν
tôn hierophăntôn
Dative τῷ ἱεροφᾰ́ντῃ
tōî hierophắntēi 		τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hierophắntain 		τοῖς ἱεροφᾰ́νταις
toîs hierophắntais
Accusative τὸν ἱεροφᾰ́ντην
tòn hierophắntēn 		τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hierophắntā 		τοὺς ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱς
toùs hierophắntās
Vocative ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾰ
hierophắntă 		ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
hierophắntā 		ἱεροφᾰ́νται
hierophắntai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἱεροφᾰντέω (hierophăntéō)
  • ἱεροφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (hierophăntĭ́ā)
  • ἱεροφᾰντῐκός (hierophăntĭkós)
  • ἱεροφᾰ́ντρῐᾰ (hierophắntrĭă)

Descendants

  • → English: hierophant
  • Greek: ιεροφάντης (ierofántis)
  • → Italian: ierofante

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