Κλεισθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “glory”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleːs.tʰé.nɛːs/ → /klisˈθe.nis/ → /klisˈθe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleːs.tʰé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klisˈtʰe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klisˈθe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klisˈθe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klisˈθe.nis/

Proper noun

Κλεισθένης • (Kleisthénēs) m (genitive Κλεισθένους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cleisthenes
2. in particular, the father of Athenian democracy Cleisthenes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κλεισθένης; τοῦ Κλεισθένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλεισθένης ho Kleisthénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Κλεισθένους toû Kleisthénous
Dative	τῷ Κλεισθένει tôi Kleisthénei
Accusative	τὸν Κλεισθένη tòn Kleisthénē
Vocative	Κλείσθενες Kleísthenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénis)
• Latin: Clīsthenēs

Further reading

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