Sophocleus
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /so.pʰoˈkleː.us/, [s̠ɔpʰɔˈkɫ̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /so.foˈkle.us/, [sofoˈklɛːus]
Adjective
editSophoclēus (feminine Sophoclēa, neuter Sophoclēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or in the manner of Sophocles, Sophoclean
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- (New Latin) lofty, grave
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophocleus.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Sophoclēus | Sophoclēa | Sophoclēum | Sophoclēī | Sophoclēae | Sophoclēa | |
Genitive | Sophoclēī | Sophoclēae | Sophoclēī | Sophoclēōrum | Sophoclēārum | Sophoclēōrum | |
Dative | Sophoclēō | Sophoclēō | Sophoclēīs | ||||
Accusative | Sophoclēum | Sophoclēam | Sophoclēum | Sophoclēōs | Sophoclēās | Sophoclēa | |
Ablative | Sophoclēō | Sophoclēā | Sophoclēō | Sophoclēīs | |||
Vocative | Sophoclēe | Sophoclēa | Sophoclēum | Sophoclēī | Sophoclēae | Sophoclēa |
Descendants
edit- English: Sophoclean
- French: sophocléen
References
edit- “Sŏphō̆clēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sŏphŏclēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,458/2”
- “Sophoclēus” on page 1,792/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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