Sophocles
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Sophoclēs from Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sophocles
- A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís).
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Translations edit
Greek dramatic poet
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰo.kleːs/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.fo.kles/, [ˈsɔːfokles]
Proper noun edit
Sophoclēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Sophoclis or Sophoclī); third declension, first declension
- Sophocles of Colonus, a celebrated Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem) or first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sophoclēs |
Genitive | Sophoclis Sophoclī |
Dative | Sophoclī Sophoclae |
Accusative | Sophoclem Sophoclēa |
Ablative | Sophocle Sophoclē |
Vocative | Sophoclēs Sophoclē |
Related terms edit
- Sophoclēus (“in the manner of Sophocles”)
Descendants edit
- Asturian: Sófocles
- Catalan: Sòfocles
- → Dutch: Sophocles
- → English: Sophocles
- French: Sophocle
- Galician: Sófocles
- Italian: Sofocle
- Occitan: Sofòcles
- Portuguese: Sófocles
- Romanian: Sofocle
- Sicilian: Sòfocli, Sofucli
- Spanish: Sófocles
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Further reading edit
- “Sŏphŏcles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sŏphŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1458/2.
- Sophoclēs in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2730