"κλύδων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κλύδων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klý.dɔːn/, /ˈkly.ðon/, /ˈkli.ðon/, /klý.dɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkly.don/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkly.ðon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkly.ðon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈkli.ðon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *klūd-. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), Welsh clir, and Latin cluō, clovāca. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ḱlewH-|*klūd-}} Proto-Indo-European *klūd-, {{cog|got|𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃|tr=hlūtrs}} Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), {{cog|cy|clir}} Welsh clir, {{cog|la|cluō}} Latin cluō Head templates: {{grc-noun|κλῠ́δωνος|m|third|head=κλῠ́δων}} κλῠ́δων • (klŭ́dōn) m (genitive κλῠ́δωνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κλῠ́δων|κλῠ́δωνος}} Forms: κλῠ́δων [canonical], klŭ́dōn [romanization], κλῠ́δωνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ κλῠ́δων [nominative, singular], κλῠ́δωνε [dual, nominative], οἱ κλῠ́δωνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κλῠ́δωνος [genitive, singular], κλῠδώνοιν [dual, genitive], κλῠδώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ κλῠ́δωνῐ [dative, singular], κλῠδώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κλῠ́δωσῐ [dative, plural], κλῠ́δωσῐν [dative, plural], toîs klŭ́dōsĭ [dative, plural], toîs klŭ́dōsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν κλῠ́δωνᾰ [accusative, singular], κλῠ́δωνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κλῠ́δωνᾰς [accusative, plural], κλῠ́δων [singular, vocative], κλῠ́δωνε [dual, vocative], κλῠ́δωνες [plural, vocative]
  1. wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough water
    Sense id: en-κλύδων-grc-noun-5b-uMPaI
  2. splashing
    Sense id: en-κλύδων-grc-noun-PJmI9PY3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 34 46 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 33 46 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 35 9 18 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 35 9 18 13
  3. flood
    Sense id: en-κλύδων-grc-noun-2IZGRMFd

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱlewH-",
        "4": "*klūd-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *klūd-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃",
        "tr": "hlūtrs"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "clir"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh clir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cluō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cluō",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *klūd-. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), Welsh clir, and Latin cluō, clovāca.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δων",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klŭ́dōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κλῠ́δων",
      "roman": "ho klŭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κλῠ́δωνες",
      "roman": "hoi klŭ́dōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κλῠ́δωνος",
      "roman": "toû klŭ́dōnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνοιν",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνων",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κλῠ́δωνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi klŭ́dōnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνοιν",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κλῠ́δωσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs klŭ́dōsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs klŭ́dōsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κλῠ́δωνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn klŭ́dōnă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κλῠ́δωνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs klŭ́dōnăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δων",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνες",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κλῠ́δωνος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "κλῠ́δων"
      },
      "expansion": "κλῠ́δων • (klŭ́dōn) m (genitive κλῠ́δωνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κλῠ́δων",
        "2": "κλῠ́δωνος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 194–196",
          "roman": "eít’ es mégan thálamon Amphitrítas / eít’ es tòn apóxenon hórmōn / Thrḗikion klúdōna",
          "text": "εἴτ’ ἐς μέγαν θάλαμον Ἀμφιτρίτας / εἴτ’ ἐς τὸν ἀπόξενον ὅρμων / Θρῄκιον κλύδωνα"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough water"
      ],
      "id": "en-κλύδων-grc-noun-5b-uMPaI",
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ],
        [
          "surf",
          "surf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 46 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 46 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 35 9 18 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 35 9 18 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "splashing"
      ],
      "id": "en-κλύδων-grc-noun-PJmI9PY3",
      "links": [
        [
          "splashing",
          "splashing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flood"
      ],
      "id": "en-κλύδων-grc-noun-2IZGRMFd",
      "links": [
        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klý.dɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkli.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/klý.dɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.don/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkli.ðon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κλύδων"
}
{
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱlewH-",
        "4": "*klūd-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *klūd-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃",
        "tr": "hlūtrs"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "clir"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh clir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cluō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cluō",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *klūd-. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (hlūtrs), Welsh clir, and Latin cluō, clovāca.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δων",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klŭ́dōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κλῠ́δων",
      "roman": "ho klŭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κλῠ́δωνες",
      "roman": "hoi klŭ́dōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κλῠ́δωνος",
      "roman": "toû klŭ́dōnos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνοιν",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνων",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κλῠ́δωνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi klŭ́dōnĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠδώνοιν",
      "roman": "klŭdṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κλῠ́δωσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs klŭ́dōsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs klŭ́dōsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κλῠ́δωνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn klŭ́dōnă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κλῠ́δωνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs klŭ́dōnăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δων",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνε",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κλῠ́δωνες",
      "roman": "klŭ́dōnes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κλῠ́δωνος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "κλῠ́δων"
      },
      "expansion": "κλῠ́δων • (klŭ́dōn) m (genitive κλῠ́δωνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κλῠ́δων",
        "2": "κλῠ́δωνος"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 194–196",
          "roman": "eít’ es mégan thálamon Amphitrítas / eít’ es tòn apóxenon hórmōn / Thrḗikion klúdōna",
          "text": "εἴτ’ ἐς μέγαν θάλαμον Ἀμφιτρίτας / εἴτ’ ἐς τὸν ἀπόξενον ὅρμων / Θρῄκιον κλύδωνα"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ],
        [
          "surf",
          "surf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splashing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "splashing",
          "splashing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klý.dɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkli.ðon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/klý.dɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.don/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkly.ðon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkli.ðon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κλύδων"
}

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