Ἐμπεδοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔμπεδος (émpedos, “steadfast”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês): perhaps “enduringly famous”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pe.do.klɛ̂ːs/ → /em.pe.ðoˈklis/ → /em.be.ðoˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pe.do.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.pe.doˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.pe.ðoˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.pe.ðoˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.be.ðoˈklis/

Proper noun

Ἐμπεδοκλῆς • (Empedoklês) m (genitive Ἐμπεδοκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Empedocles
2. in particular, the 5th century BCE philosopher Empedocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ho Empedoklês
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐμπεδοκλέους toû Empedokléous
Dative	τῷ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ tôi Empedokleî
Accusative	τὸν Ἐμπεδοκλέᾱ tòn Empedokléā
Vocative	Ἐμπεδόκλεις Empedókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εμπεδοκλής (Empedoklís)
• → Latin: Empedoclēs

Further reading

• Ἐμπεδοκλῆς 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 1,009