Σωκρατικοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its masculine plural forms in elliptical use for Σωκρατικοὶ φιλόσοφοι (Sōkratikoì philósophoi, “Socratic philosophers”), Σωκρατικοὶ μαθηταί (Sōkratikoì mathētaí, “pupils of Socrates”), Σωκρατικοὶ ἑπέται (Sōkratikoì hepétai, “followers of Socrates”), or similar; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.kra.ti.kǒi̯/ → /so.kra.tiˈcy/ → /so.kra.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.kra.ti.kǒi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈky/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈci/

Noun

Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkratikoí) m pl (genitive Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν); second declension

1. the philosophers of Socrates’ school, the Socratics
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Amores (Affairs of the Heart) 23

Declension

Second declension of οἱ Σωκρᾰτῐκοί; τῶν Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Σωκρᾰτῐκοί hoi Sōkratikoí
Genitive	τῶν Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν tôn Sōkratikôn
Dative	τοῖς Σωκρᾰτῐκοῖς toîs Sōkratikoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Σωκρᾰτῐκούς toùs Sōkratikoús
Vocative	Σωκρᾰτῐκοί Sōkratikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sōcraticī

Adjective

Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkratikoí)

1. nominative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)
2. vocative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)

References

• “Σωκρᾰτικοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press