Μεγακλῆς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From μέγᾰς (mégăs, “great”) + κλέος (kléos, “fame”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ɡa.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ɡaˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/
Proper noun
Μεγᾰκλῆς • (Megăklês) m (genitive Μεγᾰκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Megacles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μεγᾰκλῆς ho Megăklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μεγᾰκλέους toû Megăkléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μεγᾰκλεῖ tōî Megăkleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μεγᾰκλέᾱ tòn Megăkléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μεγᾰ́κλεις Megắkleis | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μεγακλής (Megaklís)
- Latin: Megaclēs
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
- Μεγακλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette