κλέος

English (LSJ)

τό, Dor. κλέϝος GDI1537 (Crissa, = RöhlImag.3pp.87/8 No.1), only nom. and acc. sg. and pl.: Ep. pl. κλέᾰ (before a vowel) Hom. (v. infr. 11.1), κλεῖα (nisi leg. κλέεα) Hes.Th.100: (κλέω A):—

   A rumour, report, τί δὴ κ. ἔστ' ἀνὰ ἄστυ; Od.16.461; κ. εὐρὺ φόνου 23.137; ὄσσαν... ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κ. ἀνθρώποισι 1.283; σὸν κ. news of thee, 13.415: c. gen., μετὰ κ. ἵκετ' Ἀχαιῶν the report of their coming, Il.11.227, cf. 13.364; κείνου κατὰ κ. at the news of his coming, Pi.P.4.125; τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν κ. S.Ph.251; rumour, opp. certainty, κ. οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν Il.2.486; γυναικογήρυτον κ. A.Ag.487 (lyr.).    II goodreport, fame, freq.in Hom., κ. ἐσθλόν Il.5.3; ἀνδρὸς τοῦ κ. εὐρὺ καθ' Ἑλλάδα Od.1.344: abs., τῷ μὲν κ., ἄμμι δὲ πένθος Il.4.197; τὸ δ' ἐμὸν κ. οὔ ποτ' ὀλεῖται 7.91, cf. 2.325; κ. εἶναί τινι to be a glory to him, 22.514; κ. οὐρανὸν ἵκει 8.192, Od.9.20; κ. οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἵκανε 8.74; κ. ἄφθιτον Sapph.Supp.20a.4, Ibyc.Oxy.1790.47, GDIl.c.; κ. ἀρέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι, Pi.O.9.101, P.3.111; γίνεσθε κατὰ κ. ὧδε μαχηταί in renown, BCH24.71 (Acraeph., iii B.C.); λαβεῖν S.Ph.1347; κ. αἰχμᾶς glory in or for... Pi.P.1.66; τῆς μελλοῦς κ. A.Ag.1356; κ. σου μαντικόν ib.1098; μικροῦ δ' ἀγῶνος οὐ μέγ' ἔρχεται κ. S.Fr.938: less freq. in Prose, κ. ἀέναον Heraclit.29; μένοντι δὲ . . κ. μέγα ἐλείπετο Hdt.7.220; κ. καταθέσθαι to lay up store of glory, Id.9.78; τιμὴν καὶ κ. ἔσχεν Ar.Ra.1035; πόρρω κ. ἥκει Id.Ach.646; κ. οὐρανόμηκες Id.Nu. 459; κ. ἔχειν τὰ περὶ τὰς ναῦς Th.1.25; παρ' ἀνθρώποις ἀείμνηστον κ. ἔχει τινά X.Cyn.1.6; κ. ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι Pl.Smp.208c; κ. τε καὶ ἔπαινος πρὸς ἀνθρώπων Id.Lg.663a; περὶ χώρας ἀκούειν κ. μέγα Lys. 2.5; κ. ἕξειν ἔν τινι Ath.Mech.15.4; ποῖον κ., εἰ . . ; 1 Ep.Pet.2.20: pl., ἄειδε δ' ἄρα κλέα ἀνδρῶν the lays of their achievements, Il.9.189, cf. 524, Od.8.73; κλέα φωτῶν μνήσομαι A.R.1.1.    2 rarely in bad sense, δύσφαμον κ. ill repute, Pi.N.8.36; αἰσχρὸν κ. E.Hel.135, cf. Ar.Fr.796: both senses in Th.2.45 ἧς ἂν ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου . . κ. ᾖ of whom there is least talk either for praise or blame. (Cf. Skt. śrávas 'fame', Slav.slovo 'word', 'glory'; cogn. with κλέω (A), κλύω.)