Εὐκλείδης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Εὐκλῆς (Euklês) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈkli.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸˈkli.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efˈkli.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efˈkli.ðis/
Proper noun
Εὐκλείδης • (Eukleídēs) m (genitive Εὐκλείδου); first declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Euclid
- in particular, the mathematician Euclid
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Εὐκλείδης ho Eukleídēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐκλείδου toû Eukleídou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐκλείδῃ tôi Eukleídēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐκλείδην tòn Eukleídēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐκλείδη Eukleídē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ευκλείδης (Efkleídis)
- → Arabic: إِقْلِيدِس (ʔiqlīdis)
- → Latin: Euclides, Eucleides
- → Russian: Евклид (Jevklid), Эвклид (Evklid)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010