ἀκλεής

See also: ακλεής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not, without) +‎ κλέω (kléō, “to make famous”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kle.ɛ̌ːs/ → /a.kleˈis/ → /a.kleˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kle.ɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓κλεής • (akleḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κλεές); third declension

1. without fame, inglorious
2. ignominious, disgraceful

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓κλεής; ᾰ̓κλεές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)