Cleophon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεοφῶν (Kleophôn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.o.pʰoːn/, [ˈkɫ̪eɔpʰoːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.o.fon/, [ˈklɛːofon]

Proper noun

Cleophōn m sg (genitive Cleophōntis); third declension

An Athenian demagogue and statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cleophōn
Genitive	Cleophōntis
Dative	Cleophōntī
Accusative	Cleophōntem
Ablative	Cleophōnte
Vocative	Cleophōn

Descendants

Italian: Cleofonte

References

“Cleophon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cleophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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