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κλεινός

κλεινός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κλεεννός (kleennós) Aeolic

Noun

κλεινός (kleinós) m (feminine κλεινή, neuter κλεινόν); first/second declension

  1. famous, renowned, well-known
    1. often with πᾶσι (pâsi): well-known to all
      • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 8
        ὁ πᾶσι κλεινὸς Οἰδίπους καλούμενος.
        ... called the all-renowned Oedipus.

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