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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Clīsthenēs m sg (genitive Clīsthenis); third declension
- a prominent Greek statesman and orator
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Clisthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Clisthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Clisthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray