κλέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dor. [[κλέϝος]] ''GDI''1537 (Crissa, = Röhl''Imag.''3pp.87/8 No.1), only nom. and acc. sg. and pl.: Ep. pl. [[κλέα]] (before a vowel) Hom. (v. infr. 11.1), [[κλεῖα]] ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[κλέεα]]) Hes.''Th.''100: ([[κλέω]] A):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rumour]], [[report]], <b class="b3">τί δὴ κ. ἔστ' ἀνὰ ἄστυ</b>; Od.16.461; κλέος εὐρὺ φόνου 23.137; ὄσσαν... ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κ. ἀνθρώποισι 1.283; <b class="b3">σὸν κλέος</b> [[news]] of thee, 13.415: c. gen., <b class="b3">μετὰ κ. ἵκετ' Ἀχαιῶν</b> the [[report]] of their [[coming]], Il.11.227, cf. 13.364; <b class="b3">κείνου κατὰ κλέος</b> 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 κλέος [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''487 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[good]] [[report]], [[fame]], freq.in Hom., κλέος 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; <b class="b3">κ. εἶναί τινι</b> 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, ''GDI''l.c.; <b class="b3">κ. ἀρέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι</b>, Pi.''O.''9.101, ''P.''3.111; <b class="b3">γίνεσθε κατὰ κ. ὧδε μαχηταί</b> in [[renown]], ''BCH''24.71 (Acraeph., iii B.C.); λαβεῖν S.''Ph.''1347; <b class="b3">κ. αἰχμᾶς</b> [[glory in]] or [[glory for]]... Pi.''P.''1.66; τῆς μελλοῦς κ. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1356; <b class="b3">κλέος σου μαντικόν</b> ib.1098; μικροῦ δ' ἀγῶνος οὐ μέγ' ἔρχεται κ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''938: less freq. in Prose, κ. ἀέναον Heraclit.29; μένοντι δὲ… κ. μέγα ἐλείπετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.220; <b class="b3">κ. καταθέσθαι</b> to lay up store of [[glory]], Id.9.78; τιμὴν καὶ κ. ἔσχεν Ar.''Ra.''1035; πόρρω κ. ἥκει Id.''Ach.''646; κ. [[οὐρανομήκης|οὐρανόμηκες]] Id.''Nu.'' 459; κ. ἔχειν τὰ περὶ τὰς ναῦς Th.1.25; παρ' ἀνθρώποις ἀείμνηστον κλέος ἔχει τινά X.''Cyn.''1.6; κ. ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|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; <b class="b3">ποῖον κ., εἰ</b>…; ''1 Ep.Pet.''2.20: pl., <b class="b3">ἄειδε δ' ἄρα κλέα ἀνδρῶν</b> [[the]] [[lay]]s of their [[achievement]]s, Il.9.189, cf. 524, Od.8.73; κλέα φωτῶν μνήσομαι A.R.1.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> rarely in bad sense, [[δύσφαμον κλέος]] = [[ill repute]], Pi.''N.''8.36; αἰσχρὸν κλέος E.''Hel.''135, cf. Ar.''Fr.''796: both senses in Th.2.45 <b class="b3">ἧς ἂν ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου… κ. ᾖ</b> of whom there is least [[talk]] either for [[praise]] or [[blame]]. (Cf. Skt. śrávas '[[fame]]', Slav. slovo '[[word]]', '[[glory]]'; cogn. with [[κλέω]] (A), [[κλύω]].)