themistocles

1. 1.

   Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)

   Broaderstatesman

Other forms of themistocles

plural

themistocleses·

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 themistocles

What does themistocles mean?

themistocles means "Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)".

How many syllables are in themistocles?

themistocles has 3 syllables and divides as themi-sto-cles 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.