Κλέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klé.ɔːn/ → /ˈkle.on/ → /ˈkle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/

Proper noun

Κλέων • (Kléōn) m (genitive Κλέωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cleon
2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Athenian general Cleon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κλέων; τοῦ Κλέωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλέων ho Kléōn
Genitive	τοῦ Κλέωνος toû Kléōnos
Dative	τῷ Κλέωνῐ tôi Kléōni
Accusative	τὸν Κλέωνᾰ tòn Kléōna
Vocative	Κλέων Kléōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κλέων (Kléon)
• Latin: Cleōn

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006