Περικλῆς
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From περῐ- (peri-, “very”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.riˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.riˈklis/
Proper noun
Περῐκλῆς • (Periklês) m (genitive Περῐκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Pericles
- in particular, the 5th century BCE Athenian statesman Pericles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Περῐκλῆς ho Periklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Περῐκλέους toû Perikléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Περῐκλεῖ tôi Perikleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Περῐκλέᾱ tòn Perikléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Περῐ́κλεις Períkleis | ||||||||||||
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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 1,021