Κλέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κλέων • (Kléōn) m (genitive Κλέωνος); third declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Cleon
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Athenian general Cleon

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κλέων; τοῦ Κλέωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κλέων
ho Kléōn
Genitive τοῦ Κλέωνος
toû Kléōnos
Dative τῷ Κλέωνῐ
tôi Kléōni
Accusative τὸν Κλέωνᾰ
tòn Kléōna
Vocative Κλέων
Kléōn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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