Thucydides
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- Th. (bibliographical abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Thucydides
- A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]historian
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Latin
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰuːˈkyː.dɪ.deːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tuˈt͡ʃiː.di.des]
Proper noun
[edit]Thūcȳdidēs m sg (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Thūcȳdidēs |
| genitive | Thūcȳdidis |
| dative | Thūcȳdidī |
| accusative | Thūcȳdidem |
| ablative | Thūcȳdide |
| vocative | Thūcȳdidēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Thucydides
- French: Thucydide
- Italian: Tucidide
References
[edit]- “Thūcȳdĭdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Thūcȳdĭdēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1572.
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 1.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 2.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), historical. 3.”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by Edward Elder, London: John Murray
- “Thucyʹdides (Θουκυδίδης), the historian”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry contributed by George Long, London: John Murray
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Thucydides m
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Tucídides
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