κλέος
Etym. κλέω
I. "a rumour, report, news", Lat. fama, Hom.; σὸν κλέος "news" of thee, Od.; c. gen., κλέος Ἀχαιῶν "the report" of their coming, Il.:— "a mere report", opp. to certainty, κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν, οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν we hear "a rumour" only, but know naught, id=Il.
II. "good report, fame, glory", Hom.; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει Od.; κλ. ἑλέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι Pind.; λαβεῖν Soph.; κλ. καταθέσθαι to lay up store of "glory", Hdt., etc.: —in pl., ἄειδε κλέα ἀνδρῶν (shortd. from κλέεα), was singing "the lays" of their achievements, Il.
2. in bad sense, δύσφημον κλέος ill "repute", Pind.; αἰσχρὸν κλ. Eur.;—both senses combined in Thuc., ἧς ἂν ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου κλέος ᾖ of whom there is least "talk" either for praise or blame.