κλόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Mostly derived from κέλομαι (kélomai, “to urge, exhort”). However, this explanation is doubtful: words in -ονος are rare. Rather a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kló.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈklo.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈklo.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈklo.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈklo.nos/

Noun

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

confused motion, turmoil, battle-rout
trembling, confusion, agitation
(in physiological sense) agitation, of wind in the bowels
(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 tôi klónōi	κλόνοιν klónoin	τοῖς κλόνοις toîs klónois
Accusative	τὸν κλόνον tòn klónon	κλόνω 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