Κλεισθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “glory”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κλεισθένης • (Kleisthénēs) m (genitive Κλεισθένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cleisthenes
  2. in particular, the father of Athenian democracy Cleisthenes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κλεισθένης; τοῦ Κλεισθένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κλεισθένης
ho Kleisthénēs
Genitive τοῦ Κλεισθένους
toû Kleisthénous
Dative τῷ Κλεισθένει
tōî Kleisthénei
Accusative τὸν Κλεισθένη
tòn Kleisthénē
Vocative Κλείσθενες
Kleísthenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénis)
  • Latin: Clīsthenēs

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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