Ἰσοκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰσοκρᾰτής (isokratḗs, “of equal power”), from ἴσος (ísos) +‎ κράτος (krátos) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.so.krá.tɛːs/ → /i.soˈkra.tis/ → /i.soˈkra.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.so.krá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.soˈkra.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈkra.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈkra.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.soˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Ἰσοκρᾰ́της • (Isokrátēs) m (genitive Ἰσοκρᾰ́τους); third declension

1. a male given name
2. In particular, the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἰσοκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Ἰσοκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσοκρᾰ́της ho Isokrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσοκρᾰ́τους toû Isokrátous
Dative	τῷ Ἰσοκρᾰ́τει tôi Isokrátei
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσοκρᾰ́τη tòn Isokrátē
Vocative	Ἰσόκρᾰτες Isókrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἰσοκρᾰ́τειος (Isokráteios)
• Ἰσοκρᾰτῐκοί (Isokratikoí)
• Ἰσοκρᾰτῐκός (Isokratikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Ισοκράτης (Isokrátis)
• Latin: Isocratēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014