Θουκυδίδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰuː.kyː.dí.dɛːs/ → /θu.cyˈði.ðis/ → /θu.ciˈði.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰuː.kyː.dí.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰu.kyˈdi.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θu.cyˈði.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θu.cyˈði.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θu.ciˈði.ðis/

Proper noun

Θουκῡδῐ́δης • (Thoukūdídēs) m (genitive Θουκῡδῐ́δου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thucydides
2. in particular, the fifth century BC historian Thucydides

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Θουκῡδῐ́δης; τοῦ Θουκῡδῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θουκῡδῐ́δης ho Thoukūdídēs
Genitive	τοῦ Θουκῡδῐ́δου toû Thoukūdídou
Dative	τῷ Θουκῡδῐ́δῃ tôi Thoukūdídēi
Accusative	τὸν Θουκῡδῐ́δην tòn Thoukūdídēn
Vocative	Θουκῡδῐ́δη Thoukūdídē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Θουκυδίδης (Thoukydídis)
• → Latin: Thūcȳdidēs (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Թուկիդիդէս (Tʻukididēs)
  • Armenian: Թուկիդիդես (Tʻukidides)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).

Proper noun

Θουκυδίδης • (Thoukydídis) m (plural Thoukydídis)

1. Thucydides

Declension

  Θουκυδίδης

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Θουκυδίδης •
genitive	Θουκυδίδη •
accusative	Θουκυδίδη •
vocative	Θουκυδίδη •

Further reading

• Θουκυδίδης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el