Clisthenes

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Clīsthenēs m sg (genitive Clīsthenis); third declension

  1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Clīsthenēs
Genitive Clīsthenis
Dative Clīsthenī
Accusative Clīsthenem
Ablative Clīsthene
Vocative Clīsthenēs

References[edit]

  • Clisthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Clisthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Clisthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray