Thucydides

English

Alternative forms

• Th. (bibliographical abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) +‎ κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/

Proper noun

Thucydides

1. (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian 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

• Thucydidean
• Thucydidesian
• Thucydides trap

Translations

historian

• Armenian: Թուկիդիդես (Tʻukidides)

  Old Armenian: Թուկիդիդէս (Tʻukididēs)

• Czech: Thúkydidés m
• Danish: Thukydid
• French: Thucydide (fr) m
• German: Thukydides
• Greek: Θουκυδίδης (el) m (Thoukydídis)

  Ancient Greek: Θουκῡδίδης m (Thoukūdídēs)

• Italian: Tucidide (it) m
• Latin: Thūcȳdidēs m
• Macedonian: Тукидид (Tukidid)
• Polish: Tukidydes m
• Portuguese: Tucídides m
• Russian: Фукиди́д (ru) m (Fukidíd)
• Spanish: Tucídides m
• Ukrainian: Фукіді́д m (Fukidíd)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/, [t̪ʰuːˈkyːd̪ɪd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tuˈt͡ʃi.di.des/, [t̪uˈt͡ʃiːd̪id̪es]

Proper noun

Thūcȳdidēs m sg (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension

1. A celebrated Greek historian
2. An Athenian statesman

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thūcȳdidēs
genitive	Thūcȳdidis
dative	Thūcȳdidī
accusative	Thūcȳdidem
ablative	Thūcȳdide
vocative	Thūcȳdidēs

References

• “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 1572/3.
• “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

Proper noun

Thucydides m

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Tucídides.