Χριστόφορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰriːs.tó.pʰo.ros/ → /xrisˈto.ɸo.ros/ → /xrisˈto.fo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰriːs.tó.pʰo.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰrisˈto.pʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈto.ɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xrisˈto.fo.ros/

Proper noun

Χρῑστόφορος • (Khrīstóphoros) m (genitive Χρῑστοφόρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher
2. Saint Christopher

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χρῑστόφορος; τοῦ Χρῑστοφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χρῑστόφορος ho Khrīstóphoros
Genitive	τοῦ Χρῑστοφόρου toû Khrīstophórou
Dative	τῷ Χρῑστοφόρῳ tôi Khrīstophórōi
Accusative	τὸν Χρῑστόφορον tòn Khrīstóphoron
Vocative	Χρῑστόφορε Khrīstóphore
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Belarusian: Хрыстафо́р (Xrystafór)
• Catalan: Cristòfor
• Dutch: Christoffel
• English: Christopher
• French: Christophe
• German: Christoph
• Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóforos)
• Irish: Críostóir
• Galician: Cristovo
• Italian: Cristoforo
• Japanese: クリストフォロス (Kurisutoforosu)
• Latin: Chrīstophorus
• Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
• Polish: Krzysztofor, Krzysztof
• Portuguese: Cristóvão
• Russian: Христофо́р (Xristofór)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kristofor
• Slovak: Krištof
• Sicilian: Cristòfaru
• Spanish: Cristóbal
• Swedish: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer, Kristofer
• Venetan: Cristoforo
• Welsh: Cristoffer