Κλαζομεναί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō) + -μέναι (-ménai), referring to the honking of wild swans.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klaz.do.me.nǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kla.zo.meˈnɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kla.zo.meˈnɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kla.zo.meˈne/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kla.zo.meˈne/
Proper noun
Κλαζομεναί • (Klazomenaí) f pl (genitive Κλαζομενῶν); first declension
- Clazomenae; Klazomenai; Kilizman, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Κλᾰζομεναί hai Klăzomenaí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Κλᾰζομενῶν tôn Klăzomenôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Κλᾰζομεναῖς taîs Klăzomenaîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Κλᾰζομενᾱ́ς tā̀s Klăzomenā́s | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κλᾰζομεναί Klăzomenaí | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κλαζομένῐος (Klazoménĭos)
Descendants
- Greek: Κλαζομενές (Klazomenés)
- Latin: Clazomenae
- Turkish: Kilizman
Further reading
- Κλαζομεναί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006