ἀκλεής
See also: ακλεής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, not, without) + κλέω (kléō, “to make famous”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kle.ɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kleˈe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kleˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kleˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kleˈis/
Adjective
ᾰ̓κλεής • (akleḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κλεές); third declension
- without fame, inglorious
- ignominious, disgraceful
Declension
Third declension of ᾰ̓κλεής; ᾰ̓κλεές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓κλεής akleḗs | ᾰ̓κλεές akleés | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖς akleeîs | ᾰ̓κλεῆ akleê | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓κλεοῦς akleoûs | ᾰ̓κλεοῦς akleoûs | ᾰ̓κλεοῖν akleoîn | ᾰ̓κλεοῖν akleoîn | ᾰ̓κλεῶν akleôn | ᾰ̓κλεῶν akleôn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεοῖν akleoîn | ᾰ̓κλεοῖν akleoîn | ᾰ̓κλεέσῐ / ᾰ̓κλεέσῐν akleési(n) | ᾰ̓κλεέσῐ / ᾰ̓κλεέσῐν akleési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓κλεῆ akleê | ᾰ̓κλεές akleés | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖς akleeîs | ᾰ̓κλεῆ akleê | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓κλεές akleés | ᾰ̓κλεές akleés | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖ akleeî | ᾰ̓κλεεῖς akleeîs | ᾰ̓κλεῆ akleê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓κλεῶς akleôs | ᾰ̓κλεέστερος akleésteros | ᾰ̓κλεέστᾰτος akleéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ακλεής (akleḯs)
Further reading
- “ἀκλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀκλεής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκλεής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκλεής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀκλεής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)