Προκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Προκλέης (Prokléēs) — Epic

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”). Cognate to Sanskrit प्रश्रवस् (praśravas).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.klɛ̂ːs/ → /proˈklis/ → /proˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈklis/

Proper noun

Προκλῆς • (Proklês) m (genitive Προκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name: Procles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Προκλῆς; τοῦ Προκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Προκλῆς ho Proklês
Genitive	τοῦ Προκλέους toû Prokléous
Dative	τῷ Προκλεῖ tôi Prokleî
Accusative	τὸν Προκλέᾱ tòn Prokléā
Vocative	Πρόκλεις Prókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Προκλής (Proklís)
• Latin: Proclēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
• Προκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette