Kleopatra

See also: Kleopátra

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κλεοπᾰ́τρᾱ (Kleopắtrā).

Proper noun

Kleopatra (plural Kleopatras or Kleopatrai)

1. Alternative spelling of Cleopatra.
   • 1890 May 10, Alexander Wilder, “The Serpent. Serpent Symbols in Religion.”, in J[ohn] R[eynolds] Francis, editor, The Progressive Thinker, volume I, number 24, Chicago, Ill.: J. R. Francis, page [3], column 1:

     The famous Kleopatra was not done to death by an asp, as has been the traditional story; […]

   • 1988, Dorothy J[oan] Thompson, “Ptolemies and Temples”, in Memphis under the Ptolemies, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 153:

     For a brief period the two Kleopatras, mother and daughter, ruled with the elder son, Ptolemy IX Soter II. The king’s younger brother Alexander was meanwhile based in Cyprus, while the queen who continued to rule with Soter II was probably Kleopatra III.

   • 2008, R[obert] Malcolm Errington, “Ptolemy VIII ‘Euergetes’ II”, in A History of the Hellenistic World: 323–30 bc (Blackwell History of the Ancient World), Malden, Mass.; […]: Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, part IV (Rome in the Hellenistic World), chapter 15 (Egypt Becomes Roman), page 296:

     Shortly afterwards Euergetes II raped Kleopatra’s teenage daughter, his own niece, but by 142 he had also married her, raising her to be joint queen along with her mother and so monopolizing all potential sources of dynastic influence. For us she is therefore known as Kleopatra III. Official royal protocol thereafter distinguished the two ruling Kleopatrai as “Kleopatra the Sister” (II) and “Kleopatra the Wife” (III) (though actually both were wives).

   • 2022, Altay Coşkun, “A New Book and Further Recent Scholarship on Seleukid Royal Women”, in Karanos: Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies, volume 5, Cerdanyola del Vallès: Autonomous University of Barcelona, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 80:

     The last section once again treats the Kleopatrai of Ptolemaic descent (203-208).

   • 2023, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Alex McAuley, “Introduction”, in Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period: Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III (Routledge Studies in Ancient History), Abingdon, Oxforshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN:

     The roles played by royal women in the Hellenistic royal houses were cast and re-cast by every generation of royal women stretching back to Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, but by the time these Kleopatrai stepped onto the Mediterranean stage the influence of such women was certainly nothing new.

   • 2023, Tara Sewell-Lasater, “Eternally Maligned as the Power-hungry Femme Fatale: Kleopatra VII in Assassin’s Creed Origins and Other Video Games”, in Abraham I[gnacio] Fernández Pichel, editor, How Pharaohs Became Media Stars (Archaeopress Egyptology; 48), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Archaeopress, →ISBN, footnote 30, page 196:

     The three most famous films are highlighted here. Space prevents inclusion of additional well-known stage and filmic Kleopatras, such as the stage production of Cléopâtre (1890), staring Sarah Bernhardt, the silent film Cleopatra (1912), staring Helen Gardner, or Caesar and Cleopatra (1946), staring Vivian Leigh, which was based on the child-like Kleopatra of George Bernard Shaw’s play of the same name (1898). On the actresses who played Kleopatra in the cinema, see Wenzel (2005: 93-125).

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛopatra]

Proper noun

Kleopatra f

1. Cleopatra

Declension

Declension of Kleopatra (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Kleopatra
genitive	Kleopatry
dative	Kleopatře
accusative	Kleopatru
vocative	Kleopatro
locative	Kleopatře
instrumental	Kleopatrou

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleopɑtrɑ/, [ˈkle̞o̞ˌpɑ̝t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kle‧o‧pat‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Kleo‧pat‧ra

Proper noun

Kleopatra

1. Cleopatra
2. (rare) a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Kleopatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Kleopatra	Kleopatrat
genitive		Kleopatran	Kleopatrojen
partitive		Kleopatraa	Kleopatroja
illative		Kleopatraan	Kleopatroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Kleopatra	Kleopatrat
accusative	nom.	Kleopatra	Kleopatrat
	gen.	Kleopatran
genitive		Kleopatran	Kleopatrojen Kleopatrain rare
partitive		Kleopatraa	Kleopatroja
inessive		Kleopatrassa	Kleopatroissa
elative		Kleopatrasta	Kleopatroista
illative		Kleopatraan	Kleopatroihin
adessive		Kleopatralla	Kleopatroilla
ablative		Kleopatralta	Kleopatroilta
allative		Kleopatralle	Kleopatroille
essive		Kleopatrana	Kleopatroina
translative		Kleopatraksi	Kleopatroiksi
abessive		Kleopatratta	Kleopatroitta
instructive		—	Kleopatroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kleopatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kleopatrani Kleopatrani accusative nom. Kleopatrani Kleopatrani gen. Kleopatrani genitive Kleopatrani Kleopatrojeni Kleopatraini rare partitive Kleopatraani Kleopatrojani inessive Kleopatrassani Kleopatroissani elative Kleopatrastani Kleopatroistani illative Kleopatraani Kleopatroihini adessive Kleopatrallani Kleopatroillani ablative Kleopatraltani Kleopatroiltani allative Kleopatralleni Kleopatroilleni essive Kleopatranani Kleopatroinani translative Kleopatrakseni Kleopatroikseni abessive Kleopatrattani Kleopatroittani instructive — — comitative — Kleopatroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kleopatrasi Kleopatrasi accusative nom. Kleopatrasi Kleopatrasi gen. Kleopatrasi genitive Kleopatrasi Kleopatrojesi Kleopatraisi rare partitive Kleopatraasi Kleopatrojasi inessive Kleopatrassasi Kleopatroissasi elative Kleopatrastasi Kleopatroistasi illative Kleopatraasi Kleopatroihisi adessive Kleopatrallasi Kleopatroillasi ablative Kleopatraltasi Kleopatroiltasi allative Kleopatrallesi Kleopatroillesi essive Kleopatranasi Kleopatroinasi translative Kleopatraksesi Kleopatroiksesi abessive Kleopatrattasi Kleopatroittasi instructive — — comitative — Kleopatroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kleopatramme Kleopatramme accusative nom. Kleopatramme Kleopatramme gen. Kleopatramme genitive Kleopatramme Kleopatrojemme Kleopatraimme rare partitive Kleopatraamme Kleopatrojamme inessive Kleopatrassamme Kleopatroissamme elative Kleopatrastamme Kleopatroistamme illative Kleopatraamme Kleopatroihimme adessive Kleopatrallamme Kleopatroillamme ablative Kleopatraltamme Kleopatroiltamme allative Kleopatrallemme Kleopatroillemme essive Kleopatranamme Kleopatroinamme translative Kleopatraksemme Kleopatroiksemme abessive Kleopatrattamme Kleopatroittamme instructive — — comitative — Kleopatroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kleopatranne Kleopatranne accusative nom. Kleopatranne Kleopatranne gen. Kleopatranne genitive Kleopatranne Kleopatrojenne Kleopatrainne rare partitive Kleopatraanne Kleopatrojanne inessive Kleopatrassanne Kleopatroissanne elative Kleopatrastanne Kleopatroistanne illative Kleopatraanne Kleopatroihinne adessive Kleopatrallanne Kleopatroillanne ablative Kleopatraltanne Kleopatroiltanne allative Kleopatrallenne Kleopatroillenne essive Kleopatrananne Kleopatroinanne translative Kleopatraksenne Kleopatroiksenne abessive Kleopatrattanne Kleopatroittanne instructive — — comitative — Kleopatroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kleopatransa Kleopatransa accusative nom. Kleopatransa Kleopatransa gen. Kleopatransa genitive Kleopatransa Kleopatrojensa Kleopatrainsa rare partitive Kleopatraansa Kleopatrojaan Kleopatrojansa inessive Kleopatrassaan Kleopatrassansa Kleopatroissaan Kleopatroissansa elative Kleopatrastaan Kleopatrastansa Kleopatroistaan Kleopatroistansa illative Kleopatraansa Kleopatroihinsa adessive Kleopatrallaan Kleopatrallansa Kleopatroillaan Kleopatroillansa ablative Kleopatraltaan Kleopatraltansa Kleopatroiltaan Kleopatroiltansa allative Kleopatralleen Kleopatrallensa Kleopatroilleen Kleopatroillensa essive Kleopatranaan Kleopatranansa Kleopatroinaan Kleopatroinansa translative Kleopatrakseen Kleopatraksensa Kleopatroikseen Kleopatroiksensa abessive Kleopatrattaan Kleopatrattansa Kleopatroittaan Kleopatroittansa instructive — — comitative — Kleopatroineen Kleopatroinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kleopatrankobra

Statistics

• The given name Kleopatra belongs as a middle name to 9 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛóːpatra/

Proper noun

Kleọ̑patra f

1. Cleopatra

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Kleópatra
genitive	Kleópatre
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kleópatra
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kleópatre
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kleópatri
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kleópatro
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kleópatri
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kleópatro

Swedish

Proper noun

Kleopatra c (genitive Kleopatras)

1. Cleopatra