Thucydides
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English
Alternative forms
- Th. (bibliographical abbreviation)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thucydides
- (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
Translations
historian
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈt͡ʃi.di.des/,
Proper noun
Thūcȳdidēs m sg (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Thūcȳdidēs |
| genitive | Thūcȳdidis |
| dative | Thūcȳdidī |
| accusative | Thūcȳdidem |
| ablative | Thūcȳdide |
| vocative | Thūcȳdidēs |
References
- “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
Proper noun
Thucydides m
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Tucídides.