-κλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “fame”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Suffix

-κλῆς • (-klês) m (genitive -κλέους); third declension

  1. An element found in given names.

Derived terms
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