Κλεινίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλεινός (kleinós, “famous”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.ní.aːs/ → /kliˈni.as/ → /kliˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kliˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kliˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kliˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kliˈni.as/

Proper noun

Κλεινῐ́ᾱς • (Kleiníās) m (genitive Κλεινῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name: Cleinias
2. the name of several historical figures
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 10.4.1

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κλεινῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Κλεινῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κλεινῐ́ᾱς ho Kleiníās
Genitive	τοῦ Κλεινῐ́ου toû Kleiníou
Dative	τῷ Κλεινῐ́ᾳ tôi Kleiníāi
Accusative	τὸν Κλεινῐ́ᾱν tòn Kleiníān
Vocative	Κλεινῐ́ᾱ Kleiníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κλεινίας (Kleinías)
• Latin: Clinias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Κλεινίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette