Πάτροκλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Πατροκλῆς (Patroklês)

Etymology

From πᾰτήρ (patḗr, “father”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare Κλεόπατρος (Kleópatros, “Cleopater”), which contains the same components in the opposite order.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.tro.klos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́τροκλος • (Pátroklos) m (genitive Πᾰτρόκλου); second declension

a male given name: Patroclus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πᾰ́τροκλος; τοῦ Πᾰτρόκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́τροκλος ho Pátroklos
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰτρόκλου toû Patróklou
Dative	τῷ Πᾰτρόκλῳ tôi Patróklōi
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́τροκλον tòn Pátroklon
Vocative	Πᾰ́τροκλε Pátrokle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Πᾰ́τροκλος; Πᾰτρόκλου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πᾰ́τροκλος Pátroklos
Genitive	Πᾰτρόκλου / Πᾰτροκλοῖο / Πᾰτρόκλοιο / Πᾰτροκλόο / Πᾰτρόκλοο Patróklou / Patrokloîo / Patrókloio / Patroklóo / Patrókloo
Dative	Πᾰτρόκλῳ Patróklōi
Accusative	Πᾰ́τροκλον Pátroklon
Vocative	Πᾰ́τροκλε Pátrokle
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Πᾰτρόκλειᾰ (Patrókleia)
Πᾰτροκλείδης (Patrokleídēs)

Descendants

French: Patrocle
Greek: Πάτροκλος (Pátroklos)
Latin: Patroclus

References

“Πάτροκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Πάτροκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Πάτροκλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“Πάτροκλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
Πάτροκλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette