Ἐμπεδοκλῆς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔμπεδος (émpedos, “steadfast”) + -κλῆς (-klês): perhaps “enduringly famous”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.pe.do.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /em.pe.doˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /em.pe.ðoˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /em.pe.ðoˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /em.be.ðoˈklis/
Proper noun
Ἐμπεδοκλῆς • (Empedoklês) m (genitive Ἐμπεδοκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Empedocles
- in particular, the 5th century BCE philosopher Empedocles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ho Empedoklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέους toû Empedokléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ tôi Empedokleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐμπεδοκλέᾱ tòn Empedokléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐμπεδόκλεις Empedókleis | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εμπεδοκλής (Empedoklís)
- → Latin: Empedoclēs
Further reading
- Ἐμπεδοκλῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009