Πάτροκλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πατροκλῆς (Patroklês)

Etymology

From πᾰτήρ (patḗr, “father”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare Κλεόπατρος (Kleópatros, “Cleopater”), which contains the same components in the opposite order.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.tro.klos/ → /ˈpa.tro.klos/ → /ˈpa.tro.klos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.tro.klos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tro.klos/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́τροκλος • (Pátroklos) m (genitive Πᾰτρόκλου); second declension

1. a male given name: Patroclus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πᾰ́τροκλος; τοῦ Πᾰτρόκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́τροκλος ho Pátroklos
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰτρόκλου toû Patróklou
Dative	τῷ Πᾰτρόκλῳ tôi Patróklōi
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́τροκλον tòn Pátroklon
Vocative	Πᾰ́τροκλε Pátrokle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Πᾰ́τροκλος; Πᾰτρόκλου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πᾰ́τροκλος Pátroklos
Genitive	Πᾰτρόκλου / Πᾰτροκλοῖο / Πᾰτρόκλοιο / Πᾰτροκλόο / Πᾰτρόκλοο Patróklou / Patrokloîo / Patrókloio / Patroklóo / Patrókloo
Dative	Πᾰτρόκλῳ Patróklōi
Accusative	Πᾰ́τροκλον Pátroklon
Vocative	Πᾰ́τροκλε Pátrokle
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Πᾰτρόκλειᾰ (Patrókleia)
• Πᾰτροκλείδης (Patrokleídēs)

Descendants

• French: Patrocle
• Greek: Πάτροκλος (Pátroklos)
• Latin: Patroclus

References

• “Πάτροκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πάτροκλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πάτροκλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πάτροκλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
• Πάτροκλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette