Gorgias

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Gorgias

1. plural of Gorgia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɹd͡ʒi.əs/

Proper noun

Gorgias

1. Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician.

Translations

Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician

• Czech: Gorgiás (cs) m
• Spanish: Gorgias m

Further reading

• Gorgias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Gorgias”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Raggios

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργίας (Gorgías).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.ɡi.aːs/, [ˈɡɔrɡiäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.d͡ʒi.as/, [ˈɡɔrd͡ʒiäs]

Proper noun

Gorgiās m sg (genitive Gorgiae); first declension

1. Greek sophist, philosopher and rhetorician, born in Leontini

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gorgiās
Genitive	Gorgiae
Dative	Gorgiae
Accusative	Gorgiān
Ablative	Gorgiā
Vocative	Gorgiā

Descendants

• Italian: Gorgia

References

• “Gorgias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gorgias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gorgias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Proper noun

Gorgias m

1. (philosophy) an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, sophist and rhetorician from Leontini (483 – 375 BC)