Sophocles

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Sophoclēs from Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês). === Pronunciation === enPR: sŏfəklēs, IPA(key): /ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/ === Proper noun === 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). ==== Related terms ==== Sophoclean ==== Translations ==== === See also === Aeschylus Euripides == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.pʰɔ.kɫeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.fo.kles] === Proper noun === Sophoclēs m sg (genitive Sophoclis or Sophoclī); variously declined, 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 ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem) or first-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Sophoclēus (“in the manner of Sophocles”) ==== Descendants ==== 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 === Aeschylus Eurīpidēs === Further reading === “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