Θεμιστοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θεμῐστοκλέης (Themĭstokléēs) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From θεμῐστός (themĭstós, “oracular”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.mis.to.klɛ̂ːs/ → /θe.mis.toˈklis/ → /θe.mis.toˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.mis.to.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.mis.toˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.mis.toˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.mis.toˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.mis.toˈklis/

Proper noun

Θεμῐστοκλῆς • (Themĭstoklês) m (genitive Θεμῐστοκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Themistocles
2. the Athenian general Themistocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θεμῐστοκλῆς; τοῦ Θεμῐστοκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θεμῐστοκλῆς ho Themĭstoklês
Genitive	τοῦ Θεμῐστοκλέους toû Themĭstokléous
Dative	τῷ Θεμῐστοκλεῖ tôi Themĭstokleî
Accusative	τὸν Θεμῐστοκλέᾱ tòn Themĭstokléā
Vocative	Θεμῐστόκλεις Themĭstókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θεμιστοκλής (Themistoklís)
• → Latin: Themistoclēs
  • → Italian: Temistocle

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
• Θεμιστοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette