Epaphroditus

English

Etymology

From Latin Epaphrodītus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphróditos), from ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ Ἀφρόδιτος (Aphróditos).

Proper noun

Epaphroditus

1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha, Robert Carroll, Stephen Prickett, eds., Oxford, 1997

     Yet I supposed it necessary to send you to Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellowsoldiar, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

References

• Epaphroditus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Epaphroditus (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.pa.pʰroˈdiː.tus/, [ɛpäpʰrɔˈd̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pa.froˈdi.tus/, [epäfroˈd̪iːt̪us]

Proper noun

Epaphrodītus m sg (genitive Epaphrodītī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Epaphrodītus	Epaphrodītī
Genitive	Epaphrodītī	Epaphrodītōrum
Dative	Epaphrodītō	Epaphrodītīs
Accusative	Epaphrodītum	Epaphrodītōs
Ablative	Epaphrodītō	Epaphrodītīs
Vocative	Epaphrodīte	Epaphrodītī

References

• “Epaphroditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press