Διοκλῆς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Δῐοκλέης (Dĭokléēs) — Epic
Etymology
From either δῖος (dîos, “divine”) or Διός (Diós, genitive of Ζεύς (Zeús)) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.o.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.oˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.oˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.oˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.oˈklis/
Proper noun
Δῐοκλῆς • (Dĭoklês) m (genitive Δῐοκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Diocles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Δῐοκλῆς ho Dĭoklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δῐοκλέους toû Dĭokléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δῐοκλεῖ tōî Dĭokleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δῐοκλέᾱ tòn Dĭokléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δῐόκλεις Dĭókleis | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- Δῐοκλητῐᾱνός (Dĭoklētĭānós)
Descendants
- Greek: Διοκλής (Dioklís)
- → Latin: Dioclēs
References
- “Διοκλῆς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Διοκλῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Διοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette