Σωκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, adjectival 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 • (Sōkrátēs) m (genitive Σωκρᾰ́τους, diminutive Σωκρᾰτίδῐον); third declension

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

Declension

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

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σωκρᾰ́της ho Sōkrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σωκρᾰ́τους toû Sōkrátous
Dative	τῷ Σωκρᾰ́τει tôi Sōkrátei
Accusative	τὸν Σωκρᾰ́τη / Σωκρᾰ́την tòn Sōkrátē / Sōkrátēn
Vocative	Σώκρᾰτες Sṓkrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
• → Arabic: سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)
  • → Persian: سقراط (soqrât)
    • → Azerbaijani: Sokrat
    • → Bengali: সুকরাত (śukrat)
    • → Bihari: सुकरात
    • → Gujarati: સુકરાત (sukrāt)
    • → Hindi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
    • → Maithili: सुकरात (sukᵊrāt)
    • → Marathi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
    • → Nepali: सुकरात (sukarāt)
    • → Punjabi: ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (sukrāt)
• → Bengali: সোক্রাতেস (śōkrates), সক্রাতেস (śokrates)
• Chinese: 苏格拉底 (sū gé lā dǐ)
• → Latin: Sōcratēs
  • → English: Socrates
• → Old Armenian: Սոկրատէս (Sokratēs)
  • → Armenian: Սոկրատես (Sokrates)

Further reading

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈkɾatis/
• Hyphenation: Σω‧κρά‧της

Proper noun

Σωκράτης • (Sokrátis) m

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

Declension

  Σωκράτης

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Σωκράτης •
genitive	Σωκράτη •
accusative	Σωκράτη •
vocative	Σωκράτη •
Less common genitive: Σωκράτους

Descendants

• → Albanian: Sokrat
• → Aromanian: Sucrat