Cleon
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).
Proper noun
Cleon
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Cleon
- (fandom slang) The ship of characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield of Resident Evil.
Translations
male given name
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫe.oːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklɛː.on]
Proper noun
Cleōn m sg (genitive Cleōnis); third declension
- An Athenian statesman
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cleōn |
| genitive | Cleōnis |
| dative | Cleōnī |
| accusative | Cleōnem |
| ablative | Cleōne |
| vocative | Cleōn |
Descendants
- Italian: Cleone
References
- “Cleon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cleon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.