ἱεροφάντης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἱεροφᾰ́ντωρ (hierophántōr)

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō, “show”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἱεροφᾰ́ντης • (hierophántēs) m (genitive ἱεροφᾰ́ντου); first declension

  1. hierophant, one who teaches rites of sacrifice and worship
  2. (at Rome) pontifex, high priest
  3. hierophant, a mystical expounder

Declension
First declension of ὁ ἱεροφᾰ́ντης; τοῦ ἱεροφᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἱεροφᾰ́ντης
ho hierophántēs		 τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hierophántā		 οἱ ἱεροφᾰ́νται
hoi hierophántai
Genitive τοῦ ἱεροφᾰ́ντου
toû hierophántou		 τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hierophántain		 τῶν ἱεροφᾰντῶν
tôn hierophantôn
Dative τῷ ἱεροφᾰ́ντῃ
tôi hierophántēi		 τοῖν ἱεροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hierophántain		 τοῖς ἱεροφᾰ́νταις
toîs hierophántais
Accusative τὸν ἱεροφᾰ́ντην
tòn hierophántēn		 τὼ ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hierophántā		 τοὺς ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱς
toùs hierophántās
Vocative ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾰ
hierophánta		 ἱεροφᾰ́ντᾱ
hierophántā		 ἱεροφᾰ́νται
hierophántai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἱεροφᾰντέω (hierophantéō)
  • ἱεροφᾰ́ντρῐᾰ (hierophántria)
  • ἱεροφᾰντῐκός (hierophantikós)
  • ἱεροφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (hierophantíā)

Descendants
  • → English: hierophant
  • Greek: ιεροφάντης (ierofántis)
  • → Italian: ierofante

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.