Pherecrates
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Pherecr. (abbreviation used in bibliography and lexicography)
Etymology
editEither from Latin Pherecratēs or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrátēs).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPherecrates
- A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.
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editTranslations
editcelebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy
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Further reading
edit- Pherecrates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Phereʹcrates”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrátēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰeˈre.kra.teːs/, [pʰɛˈrɛkrät̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈre.kra.tes/, [feˈrɛːkrät̪es]
Proper noun
editPherecratēs m sg (genitive Pherecratis); third declension
- Pherecrates (celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy)
- an old man from Phthia who features in one of the dialogues of Dicaearchus
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.21:
- Dicaearchus autem in eo sermone, quem Corinthi habitum tribus libris exponit, doctorum hominum disputantium primo libro multos loquentes facit; duobus Pherecratem quendam Phthiotam senem, quem ait a Deucalione ortum, disserentem inducit nihil esse omnino animum, et hoc esse nomen totum inane, frustraque animalia et animantis appellari, neque in homine inesse animum vel animam nec in bestia, vimque omnem eam, qua vel agamus quid vel sentiamus, in omnibus corporibus vivis aequabiliter esse fusam nec separabilem a corpore esse, quippe quae nulla sit, nec sit quicquam nisi corpus unum et simplex, ita figuratum ut temperatione naturae vigeat et sentiat.
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pherecratēs |
Genitive | Pherecratis |
Dative | Pherecratī |
Accusative | Pherecratem |
Ablative | Pherecrate |
Vocative | Pherecratēs |
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editDescendants
edit- → English: Pherecrates
- → French: Phérécrate
- → German: Pherekrates
Further reading
edit- Pherecrates on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Phĕrĕcrătēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1172/3.
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