proper noun · masculinevariously declined, third declension, first declension
Aristophanēs
Aristophanēs m sg (genitive Aristophanis or Aristophanae)
Classical[a.rɪsˈtɔ.pʰa.neːs]Ecclesiastical[a.risˈtɔː.fa.nes]
Meaning
- Aristophanes simpliciter (circa 446–386 BC), ancient Athenian comic poet and playwright (the most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates)
Aristophanes quoque non uno libro sic institui pueros antiquitus solitos esse demonstrat
Aristophanes, in more than one of his plays, demonstrates that boys were trained thus from antiquityc. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria - Aristophanes of Byzantium (circa 257–185/180 BC), Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic, and grammarian, head of the Library of Alexandria from 197 BC until his death, credited with the invention of polytonic Greek orthography (a distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aristophanēs | — |
| genitive | Aristophanis Aristophanae | — |
| dative | Aristophanī Aristophanae | — |
| accusative | Aristophanem Aristophanēn | — |
| ablative | Aristophane | — |
| vocative | Aristophanēs Aristophanē | — |
Ăristŏphănes, is, m., = Ἀριστοφάνης.
I. A.. The most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates, Hor. S. 1, 4, 1.—Hence,
B. Derivv.,
1. ări-stŏphănēus or -īus, a, um, adj., Aristophanean:
anapaestus Aristophanius, Cic. Or. 56, 190: metrum, Serv. Centim. p. 1818 P.—2. ăristŏphănĭcus, a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ad Isa. l. 15, c. 54, v. 11.—
II. A distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132; id. Fin. 5, 19, 50; id. Att. 16, 11.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs).
Descendants
- EnglishAristophanes