Pericles

See also: Péricles

English

 Pericles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Perikles, Periklis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Pericles

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

Derived terms

• Age of Pericles

Related terms

• Periclean

Translations

Greek politician

Alemannic German: Perikles m Armenian: Պերիկլես (Perikles) Bengali: (please verify) পেরিক্লিস (perikliś) Bulgarian: Перикъл m (Perikǎl) Catalan: Pèricles (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 伯里克利 (zh) Czech: Perikles m Danish: Perikles m Dutch: Pericles m Esperanto: Periklo Estonian: Perikles m Finnish: Perikles m French: Périclès (fr) m Georgian: პერიკლე (ṗeriḳle) German: Perikles m Greek: Περικλής (el) m (Periklís) Ancient Greek: Περικλῆς m (Periklês) Hebrew: פריקלס (Periklis) Hungarian: Periklész (hu) m Irish: Peiricléas m Italian: Pericle (it) m Japanese: ペリクレス (Berikurisu) Latin: Pericles m Low German: Perikles m Luxembourgish: Perikles m Marathi: पेरिक्लीझ m (periklījh), पेरिक्लेस (perikles) Norwegian: Perikles m Polish: Perykles m Portuguese: Péricles (pt) m Romanian: Pericle Russian: Пери́кл (ru) m (Períkl) Serbo-Croatian: Perikles m Slovak: Perikles m Slovene: Perikles m Spanish: Pericles m Swedish: Perikles m

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• eclipser, preslice, resplice

Dutch

Proper noun

Pericles m

1. Pericles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

1. Pericles, a celebrated Athenian orator and statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Perīclēs
genitive	Perīclis Perīclī
dative	Perīclī
accusative	Perīclem Perīclēn
ablative	Perīcle
vocative	Periclē

References

• “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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pericles

1. Pericles