Σωσίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.sí.aːs/ → /soˈsi.as/ → /soˈsi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.sí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈsi.as/

Proper noun

Σωσῐ́ᾱς • (Sōsíās) m (genitive Σωσῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name: Sosias
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 74

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς ho Sōsíās
Genitive	τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου toû Sōsíou
Dative	τῷ Σωσῐ́ᾳ tôi Sōsíāi
Accusative	τὸν Σωσῐ́ᾱν tòn Sōsíān
Vocative	Σωσῐ́ᾱ Sōsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025