Χριστόφορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Χριστός (Khristós, “messiah”) +‎ φόρος (phóros, “bearing”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰris.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

Χρῐστόφορος • (Khristóphoros) m (genitive Χρῐστοφόρου); second declension

1. a male given name, Christopher

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χρῐστόφορος; τοῦ Χρῐστοφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χρῐστόφορος ho Khristóphoros
Genitive	τοῦ Χρῐστοφόρου toû Khristophórou
Dative	τῷ Χρῐστοφόρῳ tôi Khristophórōi
Accusative	τὸν Χρῐστόφορον tòn Khristóphoron
Vocative	Χρῐστόφορε Khristóphore
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: Christophorus, Christoph
• Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóforos)
• Irish: Críostóir
• Italian: Cristoforo
• Japanese: クリストフォロス (Kurisutoforosu)
• Latin: Christophorus
• Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer
• Polish: Krzysztofor, Krzysztof
• Russian: Христофор (Christofor)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kristofor
• Slovak: Krištof
• Sicilian: Cristuforu
• Spanish: Cristóbal
• Venetian: Cristoforo
• ,