Socrates
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɹətiːz/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑkɹətiz/
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- Hyphenation: Soc‧ra‧tes
Proper noun
Socrates
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher.
Derived terms
Translations
Greek philosopher
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Anagrams
Dutch
Proper noun
Socrates m
German
Proper noun
Socrates m (proper noun, strong, genitive Socrates' or Socratis or (with an article) Socrates)
Usage notes
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrátēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sōcratēs m sg (genitive Sōcratis or Sōcratī); third declension
- Socrates
- 5th century, Paulinus Pellaeus, Eucharisticon Deo sub ephemeridis meae textu (ΕΥΧΑΡΙϹΤΗΤΙΚΌϹ Deo sub Ephemeridis meae Textu). In: Ausonius with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn White. Vol. II. With the Eucharisticus of Paulinus Pellaeus, 1921, p. 312f.
- Nec sero exacto primi mox tempore lustri
dogmata Socratus et bellica plasmata Homeri
erroresque legens cognoscere cogor Ulixis.- Full early, when the days of my first lustrum were well-nigh spent, I was made to con and learn the doctrines of Socrates, Homer's warlike fantasies, and Ulysses' wanderings.
- 5th century, Paulinus Pellaeus, Eucharisticon Deo sub ephemeridis meae textu (ΕΥΧΑΡΙϹΤΗΤΙΚΌϹ Deo sub Ephemeridis meae Textu). In: Ausonius with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn White. Vol. II. With the Eucharisticus of Paulinus Pellaeus, 1921, p. 312f.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sōcratēs |
| Genitive | Sōcratis Sōcratī |
| Dative | Sōcratī |
| Accusative | Sōcratem Sōcratēn |
| Ablative | Sōcrate |
| Vocative | Sōcratē Sōcrates |
Related terms
References
- “Sōcrătes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Socrates in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Sōcrătēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,452/1.
- “Sōcratēs” on page 1,780/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Socrates on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
