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Κλεισθένης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κλέος (kléos, glory) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, strength).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēsm (genitive Κλεισθένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cleisthenes
  2. in particular, the father of Athenian democracy Cleisthenes

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénis)
  • Latin: Clīsthenēs

Further reading

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006