Οἰκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀϊκλέης (Oïkléēs) — Epic, Poetic

Etymology

Perhaps from οἶς (oîs, “sheep”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “famous”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.klɛ̂ːs/ → /yˈklis/ → /iˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈklis/

Proper noun

Οἰκλῆς • (Oiklês) m (genitive Οἰκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name: Oecles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Οἰκλῆς; τοῦ Οἰκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰκλῆς ho Oiklês
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰκλέους toû Oikléous
Dative	τῷ Οἰκλεῖ tôi Oikleî
Accusative	τὸν Οἰκλέᾱ tòn Oikléā
Vocative	Οἴκλεις Oíkleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Οἰκλείδης (Oikleídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Οικλής (Oiklís)
• Latin: Oeclēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
• Οἰκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette