Κλεισθένης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kleːs.tʰé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /klisˈtʰe.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /klisˈθe.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /klisˈθe.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /klisˈθe.nis/
Proper noun
Κλεισθένης • (Kleisthénēs) m (genitive Κλεισθένους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Cleisthenes
- in particular, the father of Athenian democracy Cleisthenes
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κλεισθένης; τοῦ Κλεισθένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κλεισθένης ho Kleisthénēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κλεισθένους toû Kleisthénous | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κλεισθένει tôi Kleisthénei | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κλεισθένη tòn Kleisthénē | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κλείσθενες Kleísthenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénis)
- Latin: Clīsthenēs
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006