Pherecydes

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Pherecȳdēs, from Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs), from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “to carry, to bring”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “renown, glory”) + -ης (-ēs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/ Hyphenation: Pher‧e‧cy‧des === Proper noun === Pherecydes An Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC) An historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC) An historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as the Athenian historian (before 480–477 BC) ==== Related terms ==== -phore, -phor kudos ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰɛ.rɛˈkyː.deːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fe.reˈt͡ʃiː.des] === Proper noun === Pherecȳdēs m sg (genitive Pherecȳdis); third declension Pherecydes ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Pherecydes French: Phérécyde Italian: Ferecide === References === “Phĕrĕcȳdēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1172.