Εὐκλείδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Εὐκλῆς (Euklês) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈkli.de̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈkli.ðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/

Proper noun

Εὐκλείδης • (Eukleídēs) m (genitive Εὐκλείδου); first declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Euclid
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1458b
in particular, the mathematician Euclid

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Greek: Ευκλείδης (Efkleídis)
→ Arabic: إِقْلِيدِس‎ (ʔiqlīdis)
- → Persian: اقلیدس‎ (oqlides)
  - → Hindi: उक़लैदिस (uqlaidis)
→ Latin: Euclides, Eucleides
- → English: Eucleides, Euclid (learned)
- → French: Euclide (learned)
- → Spanish: Euclides (learned)
→ Russian: Евклид (Jevklid), Эвклид (Evklid)

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

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