Σωκράτης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ης (-ēs, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.krá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈkra.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈkra.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈkra.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈkra.tis/
Proper noun edit
Σωκρᾰ́της • (Sōkrátēs) m (genitive Σωκρᾰ́τους, diminutive Σωκρᾰτίδῐον); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Socrates
- in particular, the 5th century BCE philosopher Socrates
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της ho Sōkrátēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους toû Sōkrátous | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σωκρᾰ́τει tôi Sōkrátei | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σωκρᾰ́τη / Σωκρᾰ́την tòn Sōkrátē / Sōkrátēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σώκρᾰτες Sṓkrates | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)
Descendants edit
- Greek: Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
- → Arabic: سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)
- → Bengali: সোক্রাতেস (śōkrates), সক্রাতেস (śokrates)
- Chinese: 苏格拉底 (sū gé lā dǐ)
- Classical Syriac: ܣܘܩܪܛܣ
- → Latin: Sōcratēs
- → English: Socrates
- → Old Armenian: Սոկրատէս (Sokratēs)
- → Armenian: Սոկրատես (Sokrates)
Further reading edit
- “Σωκράτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Σωκράτης • (Sokrátis) m
- Socrates, the 5th century BCE philosopher.
- a male given name, equivalent to English Socrates
- A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 10 April.
Declension edit
Σωκράτης
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Σωκράτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el