Σωκρατικοί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its masculine plural forms in elliptical use for Σωκρατικοὶ φιλόσοφοι (Sōkratikoì philósophoi, “Socratic philosophers”), Σωκρατικοὶ μαθηταί (Sōkratikoì mathētaí, “pupils of Socrates”), Σωκρατικοὶ ἑπέται (Sōkratikoì hepétai, “followers of Socrates”), or similar; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.kra.ti.kǒi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.kra.tiˈky/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.kra.tiˈci/
Noun
Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkratikoí) m pl (genitive Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν); second declension
- the philosophers of Socrates’ school, the Socratics
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Amores (Affairs of the Heart) 23
Declension
Second declension of οἱ Σωκρᾰτῐκοί; τῶν Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | οἱ Σωκρᾰτῐκοί hoi Sōkratikoí | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν tôn Sōkratikôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς Σωκρᾰτῐκοῖς toîs Sōkratikoîs | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τοὺς Σωκρᾰτῐκούς toùs Sōkratikoús | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σωκρᾰτῐκοί Sōkratikoí | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Sōcraticī
Adjective
Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkratikoí)
- nominative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)
- vocative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkratikós)
References
- “Σωκρᾰτικοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press