Σωκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σω- (sō-, stem of σῴζω (sōízō)) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, proper noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.krá.tɛːs/ → /soˈkra.tis/ → /soˈkra.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.krá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Σωκρᾰ́της • (Sōkrắtēs) m (genitive Σωκρᾰ́τους, diminutive Σωκρᾰτῐ́δῐον); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Socrates
   1. the 5th century BCE philosopher Socrates

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της ho Sōkrắtēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους toû Sōkrắtous
Dative	τῷ Σωκρᾰ́τει tōî Sōkrắtei
Accusative	τὸν Σωκρᾰ́τη / Σωκρᾰ́την tòn Sōkrắtē / Sōkrắtēn
Vocative	Σώκρᾰτες Sṓkrătes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σωκρᾰτῐ́δῐον (Sōkrătĭ́dĭon)
• Σωκρᾰτῐκοί (Sōkrătĭkoí)
• Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)
• Σωκρᾰτῐκῶς (Sōkrătĭkôs)

Descendants

• Greek: Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
• → Arabic: سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)
  • → Persian: سقراط (soqrât)
    • → Azerbaijani: Sokrat
    • → Bengali: সুকরাত (śukrat)
    • → Gujarati: સુકરાત (sukrāt)
    • → Hindi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
    • → Maithili: सुकरात (sukᵊrāt)
    • → Marathi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
    • → Nepali: सुकरात (sukarāt)
    • → Punjabi: ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (sukrāt)
• → Bengali: সোক্রাতেস (śōkrates), সক্রাতেস (śokrates)
• → Classical Syriac: ܣܘܩܪܛܣ (soqrāṭes)
• → Latin: Sōcratēs
  • → English: Socrates
• → Mandarin: 蘇格拉底 / 苏格拉底 (Sūgélādǐ)
• → Old Armenian: Սոկրատէս (Sokratēs)
  • → Armenian: Սոկրատես (Sokrates)

Further reading

• “Σωκράτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈkɾa.tis/

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• Hyphenation: Σω‧κρά‧της

Proper noun

Σωκράτης • (Sokrátis) m

1. Socrates, the 5th century BCE philosopher.
2. a male given name, Sokratis, equivalent to English Socrates
3. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 10 April.

Declension

Declension of Σωκράτης

	singular
nominative	Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
genitive	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)
accusative	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)
vocative	Σωκράτη (Sokráti)

Less common genitive: Σωκράτους

Descendants

• → Albanian: Sokrat
• → Aromanian: Sucrat

Further reading

• Σωκράτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el