Βαθυκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰθῠ́ς (bathús, “deep, profound”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.tʰy.klɛ̂ːs/ → /βa.θyˈklis/ → /va.θiˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.tʰy.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.tʰyˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.θyˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.θyˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.θiˈklis/

Proper noun

Βᾰθῠκλῆς • (Bathuklês) m (genitive Βᾰθῠκλέους); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Bathycles, one of the Myrmidons who took part in the Trojan War

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βᾰθῠκλῆς; τοῦ Βᾰθῠκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βᾰθῠκλῆς ho Bathuklês
Genitive	τοῦ Βᾰθῠκλέους toû Bathukléous
Dative	τῷ Βᾰθῠκλεῖ tôi Bathukleî
Accusative	τὸν Βᾰθῠκλέᾱ tòn Bathukléā
Vocative	Βᾰθῠ́κλεις Bathúkleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βαθυκλής (Vathyklís)
• → Latin: Bathyclēs

References

• “Βαθυκλῆς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Βαθυκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Βαθυκλῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)