Ἀντίγονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (anti-, “against; comparable to”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring; lineage, begetting”): "worthy of his father".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.ɡo.nos/ → /anˈti.ɣo.nos/ → /anˈdi.ɣo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.ɡo.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ɡo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ɣo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.ɣo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.ɣo.nos/

Proper noun

Ἀντῐ́γονος • (Antígonos) m (genitive Ἀντῐγόνου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Antigonus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀντῐ́γονος; τοῦ Ἀντῐγόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀντῐ́γονος ho Antígonos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀντῐγόνου toû Antigónou
Dative	τῷ Ἀντῐγόνῳ tôi Antigónōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀντῐ́γονον tòn Antígonon
Vocative	Ἀντῐ́γονε Antígone
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἀντῐγόνη (Antigónē)

Descendants

• Greek: Αντίγονος (Antígonos)
• → Latin: Antigonus
  • → Translingual: Antigonus
• → Akkadian: 𒀭𒋾𒄖𒉡𒊺𒄷𒋢 (an-ti-gu-nu-us-su)

References

• “Ἀντίγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀντίγονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001