κλάδος

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *kl̥dos. Cognates include Latin clādes, Old Irish caill, Old English holt (English holt).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /klá.dos/ → /ˈkla.ðos/ → /ˈkla.ðos/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /klá.dos/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.dos/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ðos/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ðos/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ðos/

NounEdit

κλᾰ́δος • (kládos) m (genitive κλᾰ́δου); second declension

1. a young slip or shoot of a tree, such as is broken off for grafting
2. an olive-branch which was wound round with wool and presented by suppliants
   1. laurel branches used in temples
3. (figuratively) arm

InflectionEdit

The second declension is much more common, but the third is seen, especially in poetic works.

Second declension of ὁ κλᾰ́δος; τοῦ κλᾰ́δου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλᾰ́δος	τὼ κλᾰ́δω	οἱ κλᾰ́δοι
Genitive	τοῦ κλᾰ́δου	τοῖν κλᾰ́δοιν	τῶν κλᾰ́δων
Dative	τῷ κλᾰ́δῳ	τοῖν κλᾰ́δοιν	τοῖς κλᾰ́δοις
Accusative	τὸν κλᾰ́δον	τὼ κλᾰ́δω	τοὺς κλᾰ́δους
Vocative	κλᾰ́δε	κλᾰ́δω	κλᾰ́δοι
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ κλᾰ́δος; τοῦ κλᾰδός

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλᾰ́δος	τὼ κλᾰ́δε	οἱ κλᾰ́δες
Genitive	τοῦ κλᾰδός	τοῖν κλᾰδοῖν	τῶν κλᾰδῶν
Dative	τῷ κλᾰδῐ́	τοῖν κλᾰδοῖν	τοῖς κλᾰσῐ́
Accusative	τὸν κλᾰ́δᾰ	τὼ κλᾰ́δε	τοὺς κλᾰ́δᾰς
Vocative	κλᾰ́δος	κλᾰ́δε	κλᾰ́δες
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κλᾰ́δος; κλᾰδός(Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κλᾰ́δος	κλᾰ́δε	κλᾰ́δες
Genitive	κλᾰδός	κλᾰδοῖῐν	κλᾰδῶν / κλᾰδέων
Dative	κλᾰδῐ́	κλᾰδοῖῐν	κλᾰσῐ́ / κλᾰ́δεσσῐ / κλᾰ́δεσῐ / κλᾰδέεσσῐ
Accusative	κλᾰ́δᾰ	κλᾰ́δε	κλᾰ́δᾰς
Vocative	κλᾰ́δος	κλᾰ́δε	κλᾰ́δες
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

DescendantsEdit

• English: clade
• French: clade
• Greek: κλάδος (kládos)

ReferencesEdit

• κλάδος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλάδος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «κλάδος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G2798”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• «κλάδος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bough idem, page 90.
  • branch idem, page 93.
  • olive idem, page 572.
  • suppliant idem, page 840.

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GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos).

NounEdit

κλάδος • (kládos) m (plural κλάδος)

1. (horticulture) branch, bough
2. branch of organisation
3. (biology) clade

DeclensionEdit

declension of κλάδος

	singular	plural
nominative	κλάδος •	κλάδοι •
genitive	κλάδου •	κλάδων •
accusative	κλάδο •	κλάδους •
vocative	κλάδε •	κλάδοι •

Related termsEdit

• see: κλαδί n (kladí, “branch”)