Ἐμπεδοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔμπεδος (émpedos, “steadfast”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês): perhaps “enduringly famous”.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐμπεδοκλῆς • (Empedoklês) m (genitive Ἐμπεδοκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Empedocles
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE philosopher Empedocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς
ho Empedoklês
Genitive τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέους
toû Empedokléous
Dative τῷ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ
tōî Empedokleî
Accusative τὸν Ἐμπεδοκλέᾱ
tòn Empedokléā
Vocative Ἐμπεδόκλεις
Empedókleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Εμπεδοκλής (Empedoklís)
  • → Latin: Empedoclēs

Further reading

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