Ἀμεινοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμείνων (ameínōn, “better”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.meː.no.klɛ̂ːs/ → /a.mi.noˈklis/ → /a.mi.noˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.meː.no.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.mi.noˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.mi.noˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.mi.noˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.mi.noˈklis/

Proper noun

Ἀμεινοκλῆς • (Ameinoklês) m (genitive Ἀμεινοκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ameinocles or Aminocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀμεινοκλῆς; τοῦ Ἀμεινοκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμεινοκλῆς ho Ameinoklês
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμεινοκλέους toû Ameinokléous
Dative	τῷ Ἀμεινοκλεῖ tôi Ameinokleî
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμεινοκλέᾱ tòn Ameinokléā
Vocative	Ἀμεινόκλεις Ameinókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμεινοκλής (Ameinoklís)
• → Latin: Ameinoclēs, Amīnoclēs

References

• Ἀμεινοκλῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001