Κλεῖτος

Κλεῖτος

See also: κλειτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλειτός (kleitós, “renowned”), with recessive accent.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klêː.tos/ → /ˈkli.tos/ → /ˈkli.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klêː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.tos/

Proper noun

Κλεῖτος • (Kleîtos) m (genitive Κλείτου); second declension

1. a male given name: Cleitus; Clitus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κλεῖτος; τοῦ Κλείτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλεῖτος ho Kleîtos
Genitive	τοῦ Κλείτου toû Kleítou
Dative	τῷ Κλείτῳ tôi Kleítōi
Accusative	τὸν Κλεῖτον tòn Kleîton
Vocative	Κλεῖτε Kleîte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Cleitus
• Greek: Κλείτος (Kleítos)
• Latin: Clītus

References

• “Κλεῖτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006