κλέος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλέϝος (kléwos) — Phocian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kléwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀩𐀺 (ke-re-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos.

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रवस् (śrávas), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬯 (havars), Old Armenian լու (lu), լսեմ (lsem), Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), Old Irish clú, Welsh clywed. Compare κλύω (klúō, “I hear”) and κλέω (kléō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klé.os/ → /ˈkle.os/ → /ˈkle.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klé.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.os/

Noun

κλέος • (kléos) n (genitive *κλέεος); third declension

1. rumour, report
2. good report, fame, glory
3. (rare) bad report, disrepute

Inflection

Only used in the nominative and accusative singular κλέος (kléos) and the Epic nominative plural κλέᾰ (kléa), κλεῖᾰ (kleîa).

Derived terms

• Ἀλεξικλῆς (Alexiklês)
• Ἀντίκλεια (Antíkleia)
• Εὐρύκλεια (Eurúkleia)
• Κλέαρχος (Kléarkhos)
• Κλεινίας (Kleinías)
• κλεινός (kleinós)
• Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēs)
• Κλειτόμαχος (Kleitómakhos)
• Κλεῖτος (Kleîtos)
• κλειτός (kleitós)
• Κλειτοφῶν (Kleitophôn)
• Κλειώ (Kleiṓ)
• Κλεόμβροτος (Kleómbrotos)
• Κλεομένης (Kleoménēs)
• Κλεομήδης (Kleomḗdēs)
• Κλεοπᾶς (Kleopâs)
• Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra)
• Κλεόπατρος (Kleópatros)
• Κλεόστρατος (Kleóstratos)
• Κλεοφύλη (Kleophúlē)
• Κλεοφῶν (Kleophôn)
• Κλέων (Kléōn)
• Κλεωναί (Kleōnaí)
• Κλεώνυμος (Kleṓnumos)
• Μεγᾰ́κλειᾰ (Megákleia)
• Μεγακλῆς (Megaklês)
• Μοιροκλῆς (Moiroklês)
• Στησικλῆς (Stēsiklês)
• Τηλεκλῆς (Tēleklês)

 

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κλῆς

References

• “κλέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κλέος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κλέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• κλέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κλέος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2811 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bruit idem, page 101.
  • celebrity idem, page 120.
  • eminence idem, page 268.
  • fame idem, page 304.
  • glory idem, page 363.
  • greatness idem, page 372.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • illustriousness idem, page 416.
  • lustre idem, page 505.
  • name idem, page 550.
  • news idem, page 557.
  • prestige idem, page 638.
  • renown idem, page 695.
  • report idem, page 697.
  • reputation idem, page 699.
  • rumour idem, page 726.
  • saying idem, page 736.
  • tidings idem, page 874.
  • title idem, page 878.
  • tower idem, page 884.
  • word idem, page 987.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “fame, report”).

Noun

κλέος • (kléos) n (plural κλέη)

1. renown, fame
2. honour (UK), honor (US)

Declension

Declension of κλέος

	singular	plural
nominative	κλέος (kléos)	κλέη (kléi)
genitive	κλέους (kléous)	κλεών (kleón)
accusative	κλέος (kléos)	κλέη (kléi)
vocative	κλέος (kléos)	κλέη (kléi)