cleanthes

1. 1.

   ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)

   Broaderphilosopher

Other forms of cleanthes

plural

cleantheses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cleanthes

What does cleanthes mean?

cleanthes means "ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)".

How many syllables are in cleanthes?

cleanthes has 2 syllables and divides as clean-thes under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.