κλειτός

See also: Κλεῖτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέω (kléō, “to celebrate”) +‎ -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix). Compare κλυτός (klutós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kleː.tós/ → /kliˈtos/ → /kliˈtos/

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

Adjective

κλειτός • (kleitós) m (feminine κλειτή, neuter κλειτόν); first/second declension

1. renowned, famous; highly honored and admired.
   1. (of things) splendid, excellent

Inflection

First and second declension of κλειτός; κλειτή; κλειτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κλειτός kleitós	κλειτή kleitḗ	κλειτόν kleitón		κλειτώ kleitṓ	κλειτᾱ́ kleitā́	κλειτώ kleitṓ		κλειτοί kleitoí	κλειταί kleitaí	κλειτᾰ́ kleitá
Genitive		κλειτοῦ kleitoû	κλειτῆς kleitês	κλειτοῦ kleitoû		κλειτοῖν kleitoîn	κλειταῖν kleitaîn	κλειτοῖν kleitoîn		κλειτῶν kleitôn	κλειτῶν kleitôn	κλειτῶν kleitôn
Dative		κλειτῷ kleitôi	κλειτῇ kleitêi	κλειτῷ kleitôi		κλειτοῖν kleitoîn	κλειταῖν kleitaîn	κλειτοῖν kleitoîn		κλειτοῖς kleitoîs	κλειταῖς kleitaîs	κλειτοῖς kleitoîs
Accusative		κλειτόν kleitón	κλειτήν kleitḗn	κλειτόν kleitón		κλειτώ kleitṓ	κλειτᾱ́ kleitā́	κλειτώ kleitṓ		κλειτούς kleitoús	κλειτᾱ́ς kleitā́s	κλειτᾰ́ kleitá
Vocative		κλειτέ kleité	κλειτή kleitḗ	κλειτόν kleitón		κλειτώ kleitṓ	κλειτᾱ́ kleitā́	κλειτώ kleitṓ		κλειτοί kleitoí	κλειταί kleitaí	κλειτᾰ́ kleitá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κλειτῶς kleitôs				κλειτότερος kleitóteros				κλειτότᾰτος kleitótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δουρικλειτός (dourikleitós)
• Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos)
• Κλείταρχος (Kleítarkhos)
• Κλειτόμαχος (Kleitómakhos)
• Κλεῖτος (Kleîtos)
• Κλειτοφῶν (Kleitophôn)
• ναυσικλειτός (nausikleitós)
• Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos)

 

References

• “κλειτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλειτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κλειτός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κλειτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κλειτός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κλειτός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter