Σωκράτης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.krá.tɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.te̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Σωκρᾰ́της • (Sōkrátēs) m (genitive Σωκρᾰ́τους, diminutive Σωκρᾰτίδῐον); third declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Socrates
in particular, the 5th century BCE philosopher Socrates

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της ho Sōkrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους toû Sōkrátous
Dative	τῷ Σωκρᾰ́τει tôi Sōkrátei
Accusative	τὸν Σωκρᾰ́τη / Σωκρᾰ́την tòn Sōkrátē / Sōkrátēn
Vocative	Σώκρᾰτες Sṓkrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)

Descendants

Greek: Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
→ Arabic: سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)
- → Persian: سقراط (soqrât)
  - → Azerbaijani: Sokrat
  - → Bengali: সুকরাত (śukrat)
  - → Bihari: सुकरात
  - → Gujarati: સુકરાત (sukrāt)
  - → Hindi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
  - → Maithili: सुकरात (sukᵊrāt)
  - → Marathi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
  - → Nepali: सुकरात (sukarāt)
  - → Punjabi: ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (sukrāt)
→ Bengali: সোক্রাতেস (śōkrates), সক্রাতেস (śokrates)
Chinese: 蘇格拉底 / 苏格拉底 (Sūgélādǐ)
Classical Syriac: ܣܘܩܪܛܣ
→ Latin: Sōcratēs
- → English: Socrates
→ Old Armenian: Սոկրատէս (Sokratēs)
- → Armenian: Սոկրատես (Sokrates)

Further reading

“Σωκράτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈkɾatis/
Hyphenation: Σω‧κρά‧της

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Proper noun

Σωκράτης • (Sokrátis) m

Socrates, the 5th century BCE philosopher.
a male given name, equivalent to English Socrates
A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 10 April.

Declension

Declension of **Σωκράτης**
	singular
nominative	Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
genitive	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)
accusative	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)
vocative	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)

Less common genitive: Σωκράτους

Descendants

→ Albanian: Sokrat
→ Aromanian: Sucrat

Further reading

Σωκράτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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