Ἀνδροκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dro.klɛ̂ːs/ → /an.droˈklis/ → /an.droˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dro.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.droˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.droˈklis/

Proper noun

Ἀνδροκλῆς • (Androklês) m (genitive Ἀνδροκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Androcles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀνδροκλῆς; τοῦ Ἀνδροκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀνδροκλῆς ho Androklês
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀνδροκλέους toû Androkléous
Dative	τῷ Ἀνδροκλεῖ tôi Androkleî
Accusative	τὸν Ἀνδροκλέᾱ tòn Androkléā
Vocative	Ἀνδρόκλεις Andrókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ανδροκλής (Androklís)
• → Latin: Androclēs

Further reading

• Ἀνδροκλῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001