Προκλῆς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Προκλέης (Prokléēs) — Epic
Etymology
From προ- (pro-) + -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”). Cognate to Sanskrit प्रश्रवस् (praśravas).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈklis/
Proper noun
Προκλῆς • (Proklês) m (genitive Προκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, Procles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Προκλῆς ho Proklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Προκλέους toû Prokléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Προκλεῖ tōî Prokleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Προκλέᾱ tòn Prokléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πρόκλεις Prókleis | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Προκλής (Proklís)
- Latin: Proclēs
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Προκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette