Ἐτεοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἐτεϝοκλέϝης (Etewokléwēs) — archaic
• Ἐτεοκλέης (Eteokléēs) — Poetic, uncontracted

Etymology

From ἐτεός (eteós, “true”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”). The reconstructed archaic form *Ἐτεϝοκλέϝης (*Etewokléwēs) has been connected to Hittite 𒋫𒉿𒂵𒆷𒉿 (Tawagalawa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.te.o.klɛ̂ːs/ → /e.te.oˈklis/ → /e.te.oˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.te.o.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.te.oˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.te.oˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.te.oˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.te.oˈklis/

Proper noun

Ἐτεοκλῆς • (Eteoklês) m (genitive Ἐτεοκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eteocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐτεοκλῆς; τοῦ Ἐτεοκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐτεοκλῆς ho Eteoklês
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐτεοκλέους toû Eteokléous
Dative	τῷ Ἐτεοκλεῖ tôi Eteokleî
Accusative	τὸν Ἐτεοκλέᾱ tòn Eteokléā
Vocative	Ἐτεόκλεις Eteókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ετεοκλής (Eteoklís)
• → Latin: Eteoclēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
• Ἐτεοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette