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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰuː.kyː.dí.dɛːs/ → /θu.cyˈði.ðis/ → /θu.ciˈði.ðis/
Proper noun
Θουκῡδῐ́δης • (Thoukūdídēs) m (genitive Θουκῡδῐ́δου); first declension
- a male given name, Thucydides
- in particular, the fifth century BC historian Thucydides
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).
Proper noun
Θουκυδίδης • (Thoukydídis) m (plural Thoukydídis)
- Thucydides
Declension
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