Δημοφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /ði.moˈɸon/ → /ði.moˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.moˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈfon/

Proper noun

Δημοφῶν • (Dēmophôn) m (genitive Δημοφῶντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Demophon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δημοφῶν; τοῦ Δημοφῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημοφῶν ho Dēmophôn
Genitive	τοῦ Δημοφῶντος toû Dēmophôntos
Dative	τῷ Δημοφῶντῐ tôi Dēmophôntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Δημοφῶντᾰ tòn Dēmophôntă
Vocative	Δημοφῶν Dēmophôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δημοφών (Dimofón), Δημοφώντας (Dimofóntas)
• → Latin: Demophon
  • → French: Démophon

Further reading

• “Δημοφῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δημοφῶν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Δημοφῶν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008