Διόφαντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Δῐο- (Dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ φᾰν- (phan-, “to appear”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Δῐόφᾰντος • (Dióphantos) m (genitive Δῐοφᾰ́ντου); first declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Diophantus
  2. in particular, the third century mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος; τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δῐόφᾰντος
ho Dióphantos
Genitive τοῦ Δῐοφᾰ́ντου
toû Diophántou
Dative τῷ Δῐοφᾰ́ντῳ
tôi Diophántōi
Accusative τὸν Δῐόφᾰντον
tòn Dióphanton
Vocative Δῐόφᾰντε
Dióphante
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: Diophantus

See also

References
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