Σωσίπατρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Σώπᾰτρος (Sṓpatros)

Etymology

From σῴζω (sṓizō, “save”) +‎ πᾰτήρ (patḗr, “father”), literally “savior of the father.” Compare Σωσῐκρᾰ́της (Sōsikrátēs) / Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrátēs, “Socrates”), Σωσῐκλείδης (Sōsikleídēs) / Σωκλείδης (Sōkleídēs, “Socleides”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.sí.pa.tros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.pa.tros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.pa.tros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.pa.tros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.pa.tros/

Proper noun

Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος • (Sōsípatros) m (genitive Σωσῐπᾰ́τρου); second declension

Sosipater
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 16:21

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος; τοῦ Σωσῐπᾰ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος ho Sōsípatros
Genitive	τοῦ Σωσῐπᾰ́τρου toû Sōsipátrou
Dative	τῷ Σωσῐπᾰ́τρῳ tôi Sōsipátrōi
Accusative	τὸν Σωσῐ́πᾰτρον tòn Sōsípatron
Vocative	Σωσῐ́πᾰτρε Sōsípatre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Sōsipater
- English: Sosipater

References

G4989 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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