ἀκλεής
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ές: acc.
A -εᾶ Epigr.Gr.850, -εῆ D.H.Isoc.5, Ep. ἀκλέᾰ Od. 4.728: dat. -έϊ Nonn.D.31.42:—Ep. ἀκλειής, A.R.3.932, Call.Fr. anon.365: nom. pl. ἀκλεέες (vulg. ἀκληεῖς) Il.12.318: (κλέος):— without fame, inglorious, Hom. ll. cc., Pi.O.12.15, Hdt.prooem., E. Hipp.1028, Pl.La.179d, etc. Adv. ἀκλεῶς Hdt.5.77, Antipho 1.21; Ep. ἀκλειῶς Il.22.304: Comp. ἀκλεέστερον Jul.Or.1.28a: neut. as Adv., ἀκλεὲς αὔτως Il.7.100. 2 ignominious, ἀκλεεστάτῳ ὀλέθρῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι Lys.13.45.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκλεής: -ές, γεν. -έος, αἰτ. ἀκλεᾶ, Ἰων. ἀκλεῆ, Ἐπ. ἀκλέᾰ, Ὀδ. Δ. 728, Ἐπ. ἀκλειής, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. 3. 932, Ποιητ. παρὰ Πλουτάρχ. 2. 38F. Νόνν. πληθ. ἀκλειεῖς ἢ ἀκληεῖς, Ἰλ. Μ. 318, Spitzn. Exc. 22: (κλεος). Ἄνευ φήμης, ἄδοξος, ὁ μὴ ὑμνηθείς, Ὅμ., Πινδ. Ο. 12, 22., Ἡροδ. προοίμ., Εὐρ., κτλ. ― Ἐπίρρ. ἀκλεῶς, Ἡρόδ. 5. 77, Ἀντιφῶν 113. 38. Ἐπ. ἀκλειῶς, Ἰλ. Χ. 304: ὡσαύτως τὸ οὐδέτερον ὡς ἐπίρρ. ἀκλεὲς αὕτως, Ἰλ. Η. 100· ― πρβλ. Βουττμ. Λεξίλ. ἐν λ. ἐπιτηδές, 1, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
sans gloire, obscur ; adv. • ἀκλεές sans gloire.
Étymologie: ἀ, κλέος.
