Pericles

See also: Péricles

English

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/

Proper noun

Pericles

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

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
• 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, piercels, preslice, resplice

Dutch

Proper noun

Pericles m

1. Pericles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈriː.kleːs/, [pɛˈriːkɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈri.kles/, [peˈriːkles]

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.

Case	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

Proper noun

Pericles

1. Pericles