Κλεοπᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Contracted form of Κλεόπᾰτρος (Kleópatros).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kle.o.pâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kle.oˈpas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kle.oˈpas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kle.oˈpas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kle.oˈpas/
Proper noun
Κλεοπᾶς • (Kleopâs) m (genitive Κλεοπᾶ); first declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Cleopas
- Cleopas, a Christian who was met by Jesus on the way to Emmaus, according to the gospel of Luke.
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Κλεοπάς (Kleopás)
- → Romanian: Cleopa
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2810 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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