Diogenes

See also: Diógenes and Dïogenès

English

Etymology

From Latin Diogenēs, from Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒdʒəniːz/

Proper noun

Diogenes

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).
2. Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.

Derived terms

• Diogenean
• Diogenes crab
• Diogenes syndrome
• Diogenic
• diogenite

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Akkadian: ^{(please verify)} 𒁲𒄀𒉌𒅀 (di-gi-ni-ia)
• Armenian: Դիոգենես (Diogenes)

  Old Armenian: Դիոգինէս (Dioginēs)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第欧根尼 (Dì'ōugēnní)

• Esperanto: Diogeno
• French: Diogène (fr) m
• German: Diogenes m
• Greek: Διογένης (el) (Diogénis)

  Ancient Greek: Διογένης m (Diogénēs)

• Hungarian: Diogenész
• Italian: Diogene (it) m
• Korean: 디오게네스 (Diogeneseu)
• Latin: Diogenes m
• Persian: دیوجانوس (diyujânus), دیوجانس (diyujânes), دیوجاس (diyujâs), ذیوجانس (ziyujânes), دیوژن (fa) (diyožen)
• Polish: Diogenes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Diógenes m
• Russian: Диоге́н (ru) m (Diogén)
• Turkish: Diyojen

References

• Diogenes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diˈɔ.ɡɛ.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [diˈɔː.d͡ʒe.nes]

Proper noun

Diogenēs m (genitive Diogenis); third declension.

1. a masculine praenomen
2. Diogenes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Diogenēs
genitive	Diogenis
dative	Diogenī
accusative	Diogenēs Diogenem
ablative	Diogene
vocative	Diogenēs

References

• “Diogenes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Diogenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Diogenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Diogenes

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs)

Latin Diogenēslbor.

Polish Diogenes

Learned borrowing from Latin Diogenēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɔˈɡɛ.nɛs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɛs
• Syllabification: Dio‧ge‧nes

Proper noun

Diogenes m pers

1. (uncountable, Ancient Greece) Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism)
2. (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Diogenes

Declension

Declension of Diogenes

	singular	plural
nominative	Diogenes	Diogenesowie
genitive	Diogenesa	Diogenesów
dative	Diogenesowi	Diogenesom
accusative	Diogenesa	Diogenesów
instrumental	Diogenesem	Diogenesami
locative	Diogenesie	Diogenesach
vocative	Diogenesie	Diogenesowie

Further reading

• “Diogenes”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Diogenes in PWN's encyclopedia