Κλειώ

See also: κλείω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κλείω (kleíō, “I make famous”) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.ɔ̌ː/ → /kliˈo/ → /kliˈo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kleː.ɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kliˈo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kliˈo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kliˈo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kliˈo/

Proper noun

Κλειώ • (Kleiṓ) f (genitive Κλειοῦς); third declension

1. Clio

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Κλειώ; τῆς Κλειοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κλειώ hē Kleiṓ
Genitive	τῆς Κλειοῦς tês Kleioûs
Dative	τῇ Κλειοῖ têi Kleioî
Accusative	τὴν Κλειώ tḕn Kleiṓ
Vocative	Κλειοῖ Kleioî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• German: Klio (Clio), Kleio
• Greek: Κλειώ (Kleió)
• Latin: Clīō

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία

References

• “Κλειώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κλειώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006