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Ancient Greek roots
[ˈtriː.fon] · Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
01 / Meaning & origin
Tryphon is a masculine given name documented in French and Latin. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Τρῡ́φων.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρῡ́φων (Trū́phōn).
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04 / Through time
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TRYPHON— “dainty”
Even among the heathen Greeks, Τρυφή, Tryphe (daintiness, softness, or delicacy), had not a respectable signification. Yet Τρύφον, or Tryphon, was a favourite with persons of inferior rank—artists, architects, and physicians; and in the Decian persecution, a martyr so called was put to the extremity of torture in Bithynia, and has remained highly honoured in the calendar of the Greek Church; Trypho continuing in use as a Russian name.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section VIII (Phile, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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3rd-century Christian saint
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06 / Behind the facts
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