Περικλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Περικλέης (Perikléēs) – Old Attic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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: Periclēs

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