Cleon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).

Proper noun

Cleon

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Anagrams

• Colen, Colne, clone

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.oːn/, [ˈkɫ̪eoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/, [ˈklɛːon]

Proper noun

Cleōn m sg (genitive Cleōnis); third declension

1. An Athenian statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cleōn
genitive	Cleōnis
dative	Cleōnī
accusative	Cleōnem
ablative	Cleōne
vocative	Cleōn

Descendants

• Italian: Cleone

References

• “Cleon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cleon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.