Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Ἀγλαοφῶν(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsἈγλωφῶν (Aglophon)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek adjective ἀγλαός (aglaos) meaning "splendid, shining, bright" (see Aglaos) combined with the Greek noun φωνή (phone) meaning "voice" as well as "sound, tone".This was the name of an ancient Greek painter, who is thought to have lived around the late 6th or early 5th century BC.