Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκλεής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκλεής ἀκλεές

Structure: ἀκλεη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kle/os

Sense

  1. without fame, inglorious, unsung

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἀκλεὲσ τοὔνομ τὸ σὸν παρ’ ἡμῖν ἐστιν οὐδ’ ἀνώνυμον. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene31)
  • ναὶ μὴν οὐκ ἀκλεὲσ θνητοῖσ γένοσ ὀξυρρύγχου, ὃν καὶ ὅλον καὶ τμητὸν ἅλεσ τρηχεῖσ ἐκόμισσαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 84 1:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ εἰσ δάκρυα καὶ ὀδυρμοὺσ τῶν ἄλλων ὑπὸ φόβου καὶ λύπησ τρεπομένων, ἐκεῖνοσ, εἴ ποτε βιασθείη τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, δῆλοσ ἦν τὸ αἰσχρὸν καὶ τὸ ἀκλεὲσ τῆσ στρατείασ ἀναλογιζόμενοσ πρὸσ τὸ μέγεθοσ καὶ τὴν δόξαν ὧν ἤλπιζε κατορθώσειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 26 5:1)
  • ἠρνήσαντο καὶ ἄλλαι ἑὸν πάροσ οὔνομα νῆσοι ἀκλεέσ, ἐσ δ’ ἀνδρῶν ἦλθον ὁμωνυμίην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6281)
  • ἀλλ’ ὑμεῖσ μὲν πάντεσ ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα γένοισθε ἥμενοι αὖθι ἕκαστοι ἀκήριοι ἀκλεὲσ αὔτωσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 11:6)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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