κλύδων
See also: κληδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *klūd-. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), Welsh clir, and Latin cluō, clovāca.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klý.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkly.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkly.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkly.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ðon/
Noun
κλῠ́δων • (klúdōn) m (genitive κλῠ́δωνος); third declension
- wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough water
- Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 194–196:
- εἴτ’ ἐς μέγαν θάλαμον Ἀμφιτρίτας / εἴτ’ ἐς τὸν ἀπόξενον ὅρμων / Θρῄκιον κλύδωνα
- eít’ es mégan thálamon Amphitrítas / eít’ es tòn apóxenon hórmōn / Thrḗikion klúdōna
- εἴτ’ ἐς μέγαν θάλαμον Ἀμφιτρίτας / εἴτ’ ἐς τὸν ἀπόξενον ὅρμων / Θρῄκιον κλύδωνα
- splashing
- flood
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ κλῠ́δων; τοῦ κλῠ́δωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κλῠ́δων ho klúdōn | τὼ κλῠ́δωνε tṑ klúdōne | οἱ κλῠ́δωνες hoi klúdōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κλῠ́δωνος toû klúdōnos | τοῖν κλῠδώνοιν toîn kludṓnoin | τῶν κλῠδώνων tôn kludṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κλῠ́δωνῐ tôi klúdōni | τοῖν κλῠδώνοιν toîn kludṓnoin | τοῖς κλῠ́δωσῐ / κλῠ́δωσῐν toîs klúdōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κλῠ́δωνᾰ tòn klúdōna | τὼ κλῠ́δωνε tṑ klúdōne | τοὺς κλῠ́δωνᾰς toùs klúdōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κλῠ́δων klúdōn | κλῠ́δωνε klúdōne | κλῠ́δωνες klúdōnes | ||||||||||
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References
- “κλύδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλύδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κλύδων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κλύδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλύδων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2830 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- billow idem, page 79.
- crop idem, page 185.
- flood idem, page 329.
- sea idem, page 744.
- storm idem, page 821.
- surge idem, page 843.
- tide idem, page 873.
- wave idem, page 967.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλύδων (klúdōn).
Noun
κλύδων • (klýdon) m (plural κύδωνες)
- (nautical) rough sea, swell, storm
- Synonyms: θαλασσοταραχή (thalassotarachí), σάλος (sálos), φουρτούνα (fourtoúna)
- (by extension) unrest on the political or social level
Declension
declension of κλύδων
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κλύδων • | κλύδωνες • |
genitive | κλύδωνος • | κλυδώνων • |
accusative | κλύδωνα • | κλύδωνας • |
vocative | κλύδων • | κλύδωνες • |
Related terms
- κλυδωνίζομαι (klydonízomai, “to sway back and forth”, verb)