Sophocles
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Sophoclēs from Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sophocles
- A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís).
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[edit]Translations
[edit]Greek dramatic poet
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See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰo.kleːs/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.fo.kles/, [ˈsɔːfokles]
Proper noun
[edit]Sophoclēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Sophoclis or Sophoclī); third declension, first declension
- Sophocles of Colonus, a celebrated Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem) or first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Sophoclēs |
genitive | Sophoclis Sophoclī |
dative | Sophoclī Sophoclae |
accusative | Sophoclem Sophoclēa |
ablative | Sophocle Sophoclē |
vocative | Sophoclēs Sophoclē |
Related terms
[edit]- Sophoclēus (“in the manner of Sophocles”)
Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: Sófocles
- Catalan: Sòfocles
- → Dutch: Sophocles
- → English: Sophocles
- French: Sophocle
- Galician: Sófocles
- Italian: Sofocle
- Occitan: Sofòcles
- Portuguese: Sófocles
- Romanian: Sofocle
- Sicilian: Sòfocli, Sofucli
- Spanish: Sófocles
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Sŏphŏcles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sŏphŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1458/2.
- Sophoclēs in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2730
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