κλέος

• κλέϝος (kléwos) – Phocian

From Proto-Hellenic *kléwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀩𐀺 (ke-re-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos. Cognates include Sanskrit श्रवस् (śrávas), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬯‎ (havars), Old Armenian լու (lu), լսեմ (lsem), Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), Old Irish clú, Welsh clywed. Compare κλύω (klúō, “I hear”) and κλέω (kléō).

κλέος • (kléos) n (genitive *κλέεος); third declension

1. rumour, report
2. good report, fame, glory
3. (rare) bad report, disrepute

This το κλέος, τοῦ κλέους needs an inflection-table template.

Only used in the nominative and accusative singular κλέος (kléos) and the Epic nominative plural κλέᾰ (kléa), κλεῖᾰ (kleîa).

• κλέος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλέος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κλέος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κλέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• κλέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κλέος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2811 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bruit idem, page 101.
  • celebrity idem, page 120.
  • eminence idem, page 268.
  • fame idem, page 304.
  • glory idem, page 363.
  • greatness idem, page 372.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • illustriousness idem, page 416.
  • lustre idem, page 505.
  • name idem, page 550.
  • news idem, page 557.
  • prestige idem, page 638.
  • renown idem, page 695.
  • report idem, page 697.
  • reputation idem, page 699.
  • rumour idem, page 726.
  • saying idem, page 736.
  • tidings idem, page 874.
  • title idem, page 878.
  • tower idem, page 884.
  • word idem, page 987.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

From Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “fame, report”).

κλέος • (kléos) n (plural κλέη)

1. renown, fame
2. honour (UK), honor (US)