ἀκλεής

See also: ακλεής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not, without) +‎ κλέω (kléō, “to make famous”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kle.ɛ̌ːs/ → /a.kleˈis/ → /a.kleˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kle.ɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kleˈis/

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Adjective

ᾰ̓κλεής • (ăkleḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κλεές); third declension

1. without fame, inglorious
2. ignominious, disgraceful

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓κλεής; ᾰ̓κλεές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κλεής ăkleḗs	ᾰ̓κλεές ăkleés		ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî	ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî		ᾰ̓κλεεῖς ăkleeîs	ᾰ̓κλεῆ ăkleê
Genitive		ᾰ̓κλεοῦς ăkleoûs	ᾰ̓κλεοῦς ăkleoûs		ᾰ̓κλεοῖν ăkleoîn	ᾰ̓κλεοῖν ăkleoîn		ᾰ̓κλεῶν ăkleôn	ᾰ̓κλεῶν ăkleôn
Dative		ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî	ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî		ᾰ̓κλεοῖν ăkleoîn	ᾰ̓κλεοῖν ăkleoîn		ᾰ̓κλεέσῐ / ᾰ̓κλεέσῐν ăkleésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κλεέσῐ / ᾰ̓κλεέσῐν ăkleésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓κλεῆ ăkleê	ᾰ̓κλεές ăkleés		ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî	ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî		ᾰ̓κλεεῖς ăkleeîs	ᾰ̓κλεῆ ăkleê
Vocative		ᾰ̓κλεές ăkleés	ᾰ̓κλεές ăkleés		ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî	ᾰ̓κλεεῖ ăkleeî		ᾰ̓κλεεῖς ăkleeîs	ᾰ̓κλεῆ ăkleê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κλεῶς ăkleôs			ᾰ̓κλεέστερος ăkleésteros			ᾰ̓κλεέστᾰτος ăkleéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ακλεής (akleḯs)

Further reading

• “ἀκλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀκλεής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκλεής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκλεής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀκλεής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)