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: 蘇格拉底 / 苏格拉底 (Sūgélādǐ)
• Classical Syriac: ܣܘܩܪܛܣ
• → 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

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

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