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Clisthenes

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεισθένης (Kleisthénēs).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Clīsthenēs m sg (genitive Clīsthenis); third declension

  1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Clīsthenēs
genitive Clīsthenis
dative Clīsthenī
accusative Clīsthenem
ablative Clīsthene
vocative Clīsthenēs

References

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  • Clisthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Clisthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Clisthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray