Gender Feminine
Scripts Κλεοβουλίνη(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsCleobuline
Meaning & History
Latinized form of Greek Κλεοβουλίνη (Kleobouline), derived from the name Kleoboulos combined with the feminine adjectival suffix -ινη (-ine). This was the name of a 6th-century BC Greek poet from Lindos, a small town on the island of Rhodes. She was the daughter of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. According to Plutarch, her real name was Eumetis.