Aristophanes

Aristophanes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aristophanēs, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophánēs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æɹɪsˈtɒfəniːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛɹɪsˈtɑfəniz/

Proper noun

Aristophanes

1. An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.

Derived terms

• Aristophanist

Related terms

• Aristophanean
• Aristophanic
• homo Aristophaneus

Translations

Aristophanes

Armenian: Արիստոփանես (Aristopʿanes) Old Armenian: Արիստոփանէս (Aristopʿanēs) Greek: Αριστοφάνης (el) m (Aristofánis) Ancient: Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης m (Aristophánēs) Hungarian: Arisztophanész Latin: Aristophanēs m Portuguese: Aristófanes m Russian: Аристофа́н (ru) m (Aristofán) Spanish: Aristófanes Swedish: Aristofanes c

Further reading

• Aristophanes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Aristofanes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophánēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑiˈsd̥oˀfanɛs]

Proper noun

Aristophanes

1. Aristophanes

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophánēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.pʰa.neːs/, [ärɪs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰäneːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.risˈto.fa.nes/, [ärisˈt̪ɔːfänes]

Proper noun

Aristophanēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Aristophanis or Aristophanae); third declension, first declension

1. a male given name, Aristophanes, from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
   1. Aristophanes simpliciter (circa 446–386 BC), ancient Athenian comic poet and playwright (the most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates)
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   2. Aristophanes of Byzantium (circa 257–185/180 BC), Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic, and grammarian, head of the Library of Alexandria from 197 BC until his death, credited with the invention of polytonic Greek orthography (a distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus)
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Declension

Third-declension noun or first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aristophanēs
Genitive	Aristophanis Aristophanae
Dative	Aristophanī Aristophanae
Accusative	Aristophanem Aristophanēn
Ablative	Aristophane Aristophanē
Vocative	Aristophanēs Aristophanē

Related terms

• Aristophanēus
• Aristophanicus
• Aristophanīus

Descendants

• English: Aristophanes

References

• “Ăristŏphănes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aristŏphănēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 163/1
• “Aristophanēs” on page 170/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Aristophanes on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Aristophanes Byzantius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la