κλόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually derived from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to urge, exhort”). Beekes instead thinks it’s a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλόνος • (klónos) m (genitive κλόνου); second declension

  1. confused motion, turmoil, battle-rout
  2. trembling, confusion, agitation
  3. (in physiological sense) agitation, of wind in the bowels
  4. (of the body) shaking, agitation, contraction

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κλόνος; τοῦ κλόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κλόνος
ho klónos 		τὼ κλόνω
tṑ klónō 		οἱ κλόνοι
hoi klónoi
Genitive τοῦ κλόνου
toû klónou 		τοῖν κλόνοιν
toîn klónoin 		τῶν κλόνων
tôn klónōn
Dative τῷ κλόνῳ
tōî klónōi 		τοῖν κλόνοιν
toîn klónoin 		τοῖς κλόνοις
toîs klónois
Accusative τὸν κλόνον
tòn klónon 		τὼ κλόνω
tṑ klónō 		τοὺς κλόνους
toùs klónous
Vocative κλόνε
klóne 		κλόνω
klónō 		κλόνοι
klónoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄκλονος (áklonos)
  • κεραυνοκλόνος (keraunoklónos)
  • κλονέω (klonéō)
  • κλόνησις (klónēsis)
  • κλονόεις (klonóeis)
  • κλονοκάρδιος (klonokárdios)
  • κλονώδης (klonṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → English: clonus

Further reading

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