Σοφοκλῆς

See also: Σοφοκλής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σοφοκλέης (Sophokléēs) — Epic

Etymology

From σοφός (sophós, “clever”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs/ → /so.ɸoˈklis/ → /so.foˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰoˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸoˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.foˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.foˈklis/

Proper noun

Σοφοκλῆς • (Sophoklês) m (genitive Σοφοκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Sophocles
2. In particular, the 5th century BCE tragic playwright Sophocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σοφοκλῆς; τοῦ Σοφοκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σοφοκλῆς ho Sophoklês
Genitive	τοῦ Σοφοκλέους toû Sophokléous
Dative	τῷ Σοφοκλεῖ tôi Sophokleî
Accusative	τὸν Σοφοκλέᾱ tòn Sophokléā
Vocative	Σοφόκλεις Sophókleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios)
• φιλοσοφοκλῆς (philosophoklês, “a lover of Sophocles”)

Descendants

• Armenian: Սոփոկլես (Sopʻokles)
• Greek: Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís), Σοφοκλῆς
• Italian: Sofocle
• Latin: Sophoclēs
• Old Armenian: Սոփոկղէս (Sopʻokłēs)
• Russian: Софокл (Sofokl)
• Turkish: Sofokles

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• “Σοφοκλῆς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σοφοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette