Χριστόφορος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Χριστός (Khristós, “messiah”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰris.tó.pʰo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰrisˈto.pʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.ɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/
Proper noun
Χρῐστόφορος • (Khristóphoros) m (genitive Χρῐστοφόρου); second declension
- Christopher
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Χρῐστόφορος; τοῦ Χρῐστοφόρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Χρῐστόφορος ho Khristóphoros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Χρῐστοφόρου toû Khristophórou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Χρῐστοφόρῳ tôi Khristophórōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Χρῐστόφορον tòn Khristóphoron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Χρῐστόφορε Khristóphore | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Belarusian: Хрыстафо́р (Xrystafór)
- Dutch: Christoffel
- English: Christopher
- French: Christophe
- German: Christophorus, Christoph
- Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóforos)
- Italian: Cristoforo
- Japanese: クリストフォロス (Kurisutoforosu)
- Latin: Christophorus
- Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
- Polish: Krzysztofor, Krzysztof
- Russian: Христофор (Christofor)
- Serbo-Croatian: Kristofor
- Slovak: Krištof
- Sicilian: Cristuforu
- Spanish: Cristóbal
- Venetian: Cristoforo