Ἐτεοκλῆς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἐτεοκλέης (Eteokléēs) — poetic, uncontracted
Etymology
From ἐτεός (eteós, “true”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.te.o.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.te.oˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.te.oˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.te.oˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.te.oˈklis/
Proper noun
Ἐτεοκλῆς • (Eteoklês) m (genitive Ἐτεοκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eteocles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἐτεοκλῆς ho Eteoklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐτεοκλέους toû Eteokléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐτεοκλεῖ tōî Eteokleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐτεοκλέᾱ tòn Eteokléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐτεόκλεις Eteókleis | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ετεοκλής (Eteoklís)
- → Hittite: 𒋫𒉿𒂵𒆷𒉿 (Tawagalawa) (via an archaic Greek *Ἐτεϝοκλέϝης (*Etewokléwēs))
- → Latin: Eteoclēs
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
- Ἐτεοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette