Σοφοκλῆς
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Σοφοκλῆς. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Σοφοκλῆς, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Σοφοκλῆς in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Σοφοκλῆς you have here. The definition of the word Σοφοκλῆς will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofΣοφοκλῆς, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Σοφοκλής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From σοφός (sophós, “clever”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.pʰoˈkle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.ɸoˈklis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.foˈklis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.foˈklis/
Proper noun
Σοφοκλῆς • (Sophoklês) m (genitive Σοφοκλέους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Sophocles
- In particular, the 5th century BCE tragic playwright Sophocles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Σοφοκλῆς ho Sophoklês | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σοφοκλέους toû Sophokléous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σοφοκλεῖ tôi Sophokleî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σοφοκλέᾱ tòn Sophokléā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σοφόκλεις Sophókleis | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios)
- φιλοσοφοκλῆς (philosophoklês, “a lover of Sophocles”)
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
- “Σοφοκλῆς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Σοφοκλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette