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 श्रव॑स् (śrávas), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬯 (havars), Old Armenian լու (lu), լսեմ (lsem), Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), Old Irish clú, Welsh clywed. Compare κλῠ́ω (klŭ́ō, “to 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 κλέους); third declension

1. rumour; report
2. fame; glory; praise
3. good report
4. (rare) ill repute; disrepute

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλέος; τοῦ κλέους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλέος tò kléos	τὼ κλέει tṑ kléei	τᾰ̀ κλέη tằ kléē
Genitive	τοῦ κλέους toû kléous	τοῖν κλεοῖν toîn kleoîn	τῶν κλεῶν tôn kleôn
Dative	τῷ κλέει tōî kléei	τοῖν κλεοῖν toîn kleoîn	τοῖς κλέεσῐ / κλέεσῐν toîs kléesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλέος tò kléos	τὼ κλέει tṑ kléei	τᾰ̀ κλέη tằ kléē
Vocative	κλέος kléos	κλέει kléei	κλέη kléē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κλέος; κλέεος / κλέευς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κλέος kléos	κλέεε / κλέει kléee / kléei	κλέεᾰ kléeă
Genitive	κλέεος / κλέευς kléeos / kléeus	κλεέοιῐ̈ν kleéoiĭ̈n	κλεέων kleéōn
Dative	κλέεῐ̈ / κλέει kléeĭ̈ / kléei	κλεέοιῐ̈ν kleéoiĭ̈n	κλέεσῐ / κλέεσῐν / κλέεσσῐ / κλέεσσῐν / κλεέεσσῐ / κλεέεσσῐν kléesĭ(n) / kléessĭ(n) / kleéessĭ(n)
Accusative	κλέος kléos	κλέεε / κλέει kléee / kléei	κλέεᾰ kléeă
Vocative	κλέος kléos	κλέεε / κλέει kléee / kléei	κλέεᾰ kléeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ κλέος; τοῦ κλέεος / κλέευς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλέος tò kléos	τὼ κλέεε / κλέει tṑ kléee / kléei	τᾰ̀ κλέεᾰ tằ kléeă
Genitive	τοῦ κλέεος / κλέευς toû kléeos / kléeus	τοῖν κλεέοιν toîn kleéoin	τῶν κλεέων tôn kleéōn
Dative	τῷ κλέεῐ̈ / κλέει tōî kléeĭ̈ / kléei	τοῖν κλεέοιν toîn kleéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κλέεσῐ / κλέεσῐν toîsĭ(n) kléesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλέος tò kléos	τὼ κλέεε / κλέει tṑ kléee / kléei	τᾰ̀ κλέεᾰ tằ kléeă
Vocative	κλέος kléos	κλέεε / κλέει kléee / kléei	κλέεᾰ kléeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓λεξῐκλῆς (Ălexĭklês)
• Ᾰ̓ντῐ́κλειᾰ (Ăntĭ́kleiă)
• Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ (Eurŭ́kleiă)
• Κλέᾰρχος (Kléărkhos)
• Κλεινῐ́ᾱς (Kleinĭ́ās)
• κλεινός (kleinós)
• Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēs)
• Κλειτόμᾰχος (Kleitómăkhos)
• Κλεῖτος (Kleîtos)
• κλειτός (kleitós)
• Κλειτοφῶν (Kleitophôn)
• Κλειώ (Kleiṓ)
• Κλεόμβροτος (Kleómbrotos)
• Κλεομένης (Kleoménēs)
• Κλεομήδης (Kleomḗdēs)
• Κλεοπᾶς (Kleopâs)
• Κλεοπᾰ́τρᾱ (Kleopắtrā)
• Κλεόπᾰτρος (Kleópătros)
• Κλεόστρατος (Kleóstratos)
• Κλεοφύλη (Kleophúlē)
• Κλεοφῶν (Kleophôn)
• Κλέων (Kléōn)
• Κλεωναί (Kleōnaí)
• Κλεώνυμος (Kleṓnumos)
• Μεγᾰ́κλειᾰ (Megắkleiă)
• Μεγᾰκλῆς (Megăklês)
• Μοιροκλῆς (Moiroklês)
• Στησῐκλῆς (Stēsĭklês)
• Τηλεκλῆς (Tēleklês)

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κλῆς

Ἀγαθοκλῆς

Ἀμεινοκλῆς

Ἀνδροκλῆς

Ἀριστοκλῆς

Βαθυκλῆς

Δημοκλῆς

Διοκλῆς

Διονυσικλῆς

Ἐμπεδοκλῆς

Ἐπικλῆς

Ἐτεοκλῆς

Εὐθυκλῆς

εὐκλεής

Εὐκλῆς

Εὐρυκλῆς

Ἡρακλῆς

Θεμιστοκλῆς

Θηρικλῆς

Ἱεροκλῆς

Ἱπποκλῆς

Ἰφικλῆς

Καλλικλῆς

Λαμπροκλῆς

Λυσικλῆς

Νεοκλῆς

Νικοκλῆς

Ξενοκλῆς

Οἰκλῆς

Πασικλῆς

Πάτροκλος

Περικλῆς

Προκλῆς

Πυθοκλῆς

Σοφοκλῆς

Ὑψικλῆς

Χαρικλῆς

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)