Διογένης

See also: διογενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stress-shifted form of διογενής (diogenḗs, literally “born of Zeus”), from Διός (Diós, genitive of Ζεύς (Zeús)) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “born of”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.ɡé.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.oˈɡɛ.nes/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈɣe.nis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈʝe.nis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈʝe.nis/

Proper noun

Δῐογένης • (Diogénēs) m (genitive Δῐογένεος or Δῐογένους); third declension

A male given name, equivalent to English Diogenes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δῐογένης; τοῦ Δῐογένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐογένης ho Diogénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐογένους toû Diogénous
Dative	τῷ Δῐογένει tôi Diogénei
Accusative	τὸν Δῐογένη tòn Diogénē
Vocative	Δῐόγενες Diógenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Διογένης (Diogénis)
→ Latin: Diogenēs

References

Διογένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

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