Cleon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).

Proper noun

Cleon

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Anagrams

Colen, Colne, clone

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.oːn/, [ˈkɫ̪eoːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.on/, [ˈklɛːon]

Proper noun

Cleōn m sg (genitive Cleōnis); third declension

An Athenian statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.

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