Thucydides
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/
Proper noun
Thucydides
- (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.
Translations
historian
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/, [tʰuːˈkyː.dɪ.deːs]
Proper noun
Thūcȳdidēs m (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension
- A celebrated Greek historian
- An Athenian statesman
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Thūcȳdidēs |
Genitive | Thūcȳdidis |
Dative | Thūcȳdidī |
Accusative | Thūcȳdidem |
Ablative | Thūcȳdide |
Vocative | Thūcȳdidēs |
References
- Thucydides in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Thucydides in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Thucydides in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Portuguese
Proper noun
Thucydides m
- Obsolete spelling of Tucídides