Socrates

== English == === Alternative forms === Sokrates === Etymology === Via Latin Socrates, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɹətiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑkɹətiz/ Hyphenation: Soc‧ra‧tes Rhymes: -iːz === Proper noun === Socrates A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Archimedes Aristotle Plato Pythagoras === Anagrams === actoress, coarsest, coasters == Dutch == === Alternative forms === Sokrates === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs). === Proper noun === Socrates m Socrates ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Socrates on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == German == === Proper noun === Socrates m (proper noun, strong, genitive Socrates' or Socratis or (with an article) Socrates) archaic spelling of Sokrates (“Socrates”) ==== Usage notes ==== Formerly also declined like Latin Socrates, which see. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsoː.kra.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.kra.tes] === Proper noun === Sōcratēs m sg (genitive Sōcratis or Sōcratī); third declension Socrates 5th century, Paulinus Pellaeus, Eucharisticon Deo sub ephemeridis meae textu (ΕΥΧΑΡΙϹΤΗΤΙΚΌϹ Deo sub Ephemeridis meae Textu). In: Ausonius with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn White. Vol. II. With the Eucharisticus of Paulinus Pellaeus, 1921, p. 312f. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. There are also rare genitives Sōcratūs (Late Latin) and Sōcrateos (New Latin). ==== Related terms ==== === References === “Sōcrătes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "Socrates", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “Sōcrătēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,452/1. “Sōcratēs” on page 1,780/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) === Further reading === Socrates on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la