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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”). Possibly formed as long ago as Proto-Indo-European; compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwas, Latin Vesclevesis and Sanskrit वसुश्रवस् (vasuśravas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯.klɛ̂ːs/ → /eɸˈklis/ → /efˈklis/
Proper noun
Εὐκλῆς • (Euklês) m (genitive Εὐκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eucles
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010