Εὐκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”). Possibly formed as long ago as Proto-Indo-European; compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwas, Latin Vesclevesis and Sanskrit वसुश्रवस् (vasuśravas).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὐκλῆς • (Euklês) m (genitive Εὐκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eucles

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Εὐκλῆς; τοῦ Εὐκλέους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐκλῆς
ho Euklês
Genitive τοῦ Εὐκλέους
toû Eukléous
Dative τῷ Εὐκλεῖ
tôi Eukleî
Accusative τὸν Εὐκλέᾱ
tòn Eukléā
Vocative Εὔκλεις
Eúkleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ευκλής (Efklís)
  • → Latin: Euclēs

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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