Μεγακλῆς

Μεγακλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μεγακλέης (Megakléēs) – Poetic, Ionic

Etymology

From μέγᾰς (mégas, “great”) +‎ κλέος (kléos, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.klɛ̂ːs/ → /me.ɣaˈklis/ → /me.ɣaˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡaˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈklis/

Proper noun

Μεγᾰκλῆς • (Megaklês) m (genitive Μεγᾰκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Megacles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μεγᾰκλῆς; τοῦ Μεγᾰκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μεγᾰκλῆς ho Megaklês
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγᾰκλέους toû Megakléous
Dative	τῷ Μεγᾰκλεῖ tôi Megakleî
Accusative	τὸν Μεγᾰκλέᾱ tòn Megakléā
Vocative	Μεγᾰ́κλεις Megákleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγακλής (Megaklís)
• Latin: Megaclēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
• Μεγακλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette