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porphyrogenitos

porphyrogenitos is the alternative form of porphyrogenite.

Meaning of porphyrogenite

Noun

porphyrogenite (plural porphyrogenites)

  1. (historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.

Forms of porphyrogenitos

pluralporphyrogenitoi

Origin of porphyrogenitos

Hypercorrective Hellenized variation of the Latinate porphyrogenitus.

Questions about porphyrogenitos

What is porphyrogenitos the alternative form of?
Porphyrogenitos is the alternative form of porphyrogenite.

Words near porphyrogenitos in the dictionary

  1. porphyrogenites
  2. porphyrogeniti
  3. porphyrogenitic
  4. porphyrogenitism
  5. porphyrogenitoi
  6. porphyrogenitos
  7. porphyrogeniture
  8. porphyrogenitus
  9. porphyrogennetos
  10. porphyroid
  11. porphyroids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porphyrogenitos (page history and authors); porphyrogenite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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