Pericles

• Perikles, Periklis

From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

• enPR: pērīklĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹɪkliːz/

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Pericles

1. (historical) An Ancient Greek politician.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical usage

• Periclean

• Pericles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pericles on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• “Pericles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• eclipser, piercels, preslice, resplice

Pericles m

1. Pericles

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛˈriː.kɫeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [peˈriː.kles]

Perīclēs m sg (genitive Perīclis or Perīclī); third declension

1. Pericles, a celebrated Athenian orator and statesman

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Pericles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pericles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾikles/ [peˈɾi.kles]
• Rhymes: -ikles
• Syllabification: Pe‧ri‧cles

Pericles

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