Σωκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, safe and sound, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) + κράτος (krátos, power) + -ης (-ēs, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)
  • Arabic: سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)
    • Persian: سقراط (soqrât)
      • Azerbaijani: Sokrat
      • Bengali: সুকরাত (sukrat)
      • Bihari: सुकरात
      • Gujarati: સુકરાત (sukrāt)
      • Hindi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
      • Maithili: सुकरात
      • Marathi: सुकरात (sukrāt)
      • Nepali: सुकरात (sukarāta)
      • Punjabi: ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (sukrāt)
  • Bengali: সোক্রাতেস (sokrates), সক্রাতেস (sôkrates)
  • Chinese: 苏格拉底 (sū gé lā dǐ)
  • Latin: Sōcratēs
  • Old Armenian: Սոկրատէս (Sokratēs)

Further reading


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

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