Thucydides

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/

Proper noun

Thucydides

1. (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.

Translations

historian

• Armenian: Թուկիդիդես (Tʿukidides)

  Old Armenian: Թուկիդիդէս (Tʿukididēs)

• Czech: Thúkydidés m
• Danish: Thukydid
• German: Thukydides
• Greek: Θουκυδίδης (el) m (Thoukydídis)

  Ancient Greek: Θουκῡδίδης m (Thoukūdídēs)

• Polish: Tukidydes m
• Portuguese: Tucídides m
• Russian: Фукиди́д (ru) m (Fukidíd)
• Spanish: Tucídides

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/, [t̪ʰuːˈkyːd̪ɪd̪eːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈt͡ʃi.di.des/, [t̪uˈt͡ʃiːd̪id̪es]

Proper noun

Thūcȳdidēs m sg (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension

1. A celebrated Greek historian
2. An Athenian statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thūcȳdidēs
Genitive	Thūcȳdidis
Dative	Thūcȳdidī
Accusative	Thūcȳdidem
Ablative	Thūcȳdide
Vocative	Thūcȳdidēs

References

• “Thucydides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thucydides in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Thucydides”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Proper noun

Thucydides m

1. Obsolete spelling of Tucídides