Πείσανδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of πείθω (peíthō, “to convince”) +‎ ἀνήρ (anḗr, “a man”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pěː.san.dros/ → /ˈpi.san.dros/ → /ˈpi.san.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pěː.san.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.san.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.san.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.san.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.san.dros/

Proper noun

Πείσᾰνδρος • (Peísandros) m (genitive Πεισᾰ́νδρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Pisander

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πείσᾰνδρος; τοῦ Πεισᾰ́νδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πείσᾰνδρος ho Peísandros
Genitive	τοῦ Πεισᾰ́νδρου toû Peisándrou
Dative	τῷ Πεισᾰ́νδρῳ tôi Peisándrōi
Accusative	τὸν Πείσᾰνδρον tòn Peísandron
Vocative	Πείσᾰνδρε Peísandre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πείσανδρος (Peísandros)
• → Latin: Pisander (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Πείσανδρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πείσανδρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022