Thucydides
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Th. (bibliographical abbreviation)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editThucydides
- (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edithistorian
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Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/, [t̪ʰuːˈkyːd̪ɪd̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈt͡ʃi.di.des/, [t̪uˈt͡ʃiːd̪id̪es]
Proper noun
editThūcȳdidēs m sg (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Thūcȳdidēs |
Genitive | Thūcȳdidis |
Dative | Thūcȳdidī |
Accusative | Thūcȳdidem |
Ablative | Thūcȳdide |
Vocative | Thūcȳdidēs |
References
edit- “Thūcȳdĭdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Thūcȳdĭdēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1572/3.
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 1.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 2.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 3.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), the historian”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by George Long, London: John Murray
Portuguese
editProper noun
editThucydides m
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Tucídides.
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