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Περικλῆς

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From περῐ- (peri-, very) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, fame).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Περῐκλῆς (Periklêsm (genitive Περῐκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Pericles
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Athenian statesman Pericles

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Περικλής (Periklís)
  • Latin: Perīclēs

References

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021