Gorgias
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Gorgias
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Gorgias
- Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργίας (Gorgías).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡor.ɡi.aːs/, [ˈɡɔrɡiäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡor.d͡ʒi.as/, [ˈɡɔrd͡ʒiäs]
Proper noun edit
Gorgiās m sg (genitive Gorgiae); first declension
- Greek sophist, philosopher and rhetorician, born in Leontini
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Gorgiās |
Genitive | Gorgiae |
Dative | Gorgiae |
Accusative | Gorgiān |
Ablative | Gorgiā |
Vocative | Gorgiā |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Gorgia
References edit
- “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
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Proper noun edit
Gorgias m
- (philosophy) an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, sophist and rhetorician from Leontini (483 – 375 BC)