Περικλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Περικλέης (Perikléēs) — Old Attic

Etymology

From περῐ- (peri-, “very”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs/ → /pe.riˈklis/ → /pe.riˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈklis/

Proper noun

Περῐκλῆς • (Periklês) m (genitive Περῐκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Pericles
2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Athenian statesman Pericles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Περῐκλῆς; τοῦ Περῐκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Περῐκλῆς ho Periklês
Genitive	τοῦ Περῐκλέους toû Perikléous
Dative	τῷ Περῐκλεῖ tôi Perikleî
Accusative	τὸν Περῐκλέᾱ tòn Perikléā
Vocative	Περῐ́κλεις Períkleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Περικλής (Periklís)
• → Latin: Perīclēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021