"Aristophanes" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [a.rɪsˈtɔ.pʰa.neːs] [Classical-Latin], [a.risˈt̪ɔː.fa.nes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης}} Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|((Aristophanēs<3>,Aristophanēs<1>))|g=m}} Aristophanēs m sg (genitive Aristophanis or Aristophanae); variously declined, third declension, first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((Aristophanēs<3>,Aristophanēs<1>))}} Forms: Aristophanēs [canonical, masculine, singular], variously declined [canonical], Aristophanis [genitive], Aristophanae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Aristophanēs [nominative, singular], Aristophanis [genitive, singular], Aristophanae [genitive, singular], Aristophanī [dative, singular], Aristophanae [dative, singular], Aristophanem [accusative, singular], Aristophanēn [accusative, singular], Aristophane [ablative, singular], Aristophanē [ablative, singular], Aristophanēs [singular, vocative], Aristophanē [singular, vocative]
  1. a male given name, Aristophanes, from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
    Aristophanes simpliciter (circa 446–386 BC), ancient Athenian comic poet and playwright (the most distinguished comic poet of Greece, from Lindus, on the island of Rhodes, a contemporary of Socrates)     Tags: declension-1, declension-3
    Sense id: en-Aristophanes-la-name-XpXa2Mrt Categories (other): Latin given names, Latin male given names, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50
  2. a male given name, Aristophanes, from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
    Aristophanes of Byzantium (circa 257–185/180 BC), Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic, and grammarian, head of the Library of Alexandria from 197 BC until his death, credited with the invention of polytonic Greek orthography (a distinguished grammarian of Byzantium, pupil of Eratosthenes, and teacher of the critic Aristarchus)     Tags: declension-1, declension-3
    Sense id: en-Aristophanes-la-name-fpRHzkRY Categories (other): Latin given names, Latin male given names, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin nouns with multiple declensions Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 40 37 7 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 7 23 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin nouns with multiple declensions: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Aristophanēus, Aristophanicus, Aristophanīus 
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