Κλεινίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλεινός (kleinós, “famous”) + -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kleː.ní.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kliˈni.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kliˈni.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kliˈni.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kliˈni.as/
Proper noun
Κλεινῐ́ᾱς • (Kleiníās) m (genitive Κλεινῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name: Cleinias
- the name of several historical figures
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Κλεινῐ́ᾱς ho Kleiníās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Κλεινῐ́ου toû Kleiníou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Κλεινῐ́ᾳ tôi Kleiníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Κλεινῐ́ᾱν tòn Kleiníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κλεινῐ́ᾱ Kleiníā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
- Κλεινίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette