ἱεροφάντης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντωρ (hĭerophắntōr)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντης • (hĭerophắntēs) m (genitive ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντου); 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 ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντης; τοῦ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντης
ho hĭerophắntēs 		τὼ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hĭerophắntā 		οἱ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́νται
hoi hĭerophắntai
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντου
toû hĭerophắntou 		τοῖν ῐ̔εροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hĭerophắntain 		τῶν ῐ̔εροφᾰντῶν
tôn hĭerophăntôn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντῃ
tōî hĭerophắntēi 		τοῖν ῐ̔εροφᾰ́νταιν
toîn hĭerophắntain 		τοῖς ῐ̔εροφᾰ́νταις
toîs hĭerophắntais
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντην
tòn hĭerophắntēn 		τὼ ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντᾱ
tṑ hĭerophắntā 		τοὺς ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντᾱς
toùs hĭerophắntās
Vocative ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντᾰ
hĭerophắntă 		ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντᾱ
hĭerophắntā 		ῐ̔εροφᾰ́νται
hĭerophắntai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ῐ̔εροφᾰντέω (hĭerophăntéō)
  • ῐ̔εροφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (hĭerophăntĭ́ā)
  • ῐ̔εροφᾰντῐκός (hĭerophăntĭkós)
  • ῐ̔εροφᾰ́ντρῐᾰ (hĭerophắntrĭă)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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