Epiphanes

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἐπιφάνης, Ἐπιφανής(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "appearing, manifesting" in Greek. This was an epithet of two 2nd-century BC Hellenistic rulers: the Seleucid king Antiochus IV and the Ptolemaic king Ptolemy V.

Related Names

Rootepiphaneia
VariantsEpiphanios, Epiphanius
Other Languages & CulturesEpifanio(Italian) Epifanio(Spanish)

Categories

Ancient Greek words, glory, kings, sight

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἐπιφάνης.
Entry updated October 6, 2024