Theocritus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόκριτος (Theókritos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.kri.tus/, [t̪ʰeˈɔkrɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈo.kri.tus/, [t̪eˈɔːkrit̪us]

Proper noun

Theocritus m sg (genitive Theocritī); second declension

1. A celebrated Greek poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Theocritus
Genitive	Theocritī
Dative	Theocritō
Accusative	Theocritum
Ablative	Theocritō
Vocative	Theocrite

References

• “Theocritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Theocritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.