Σωσίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) + -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.sí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈsi.as/
Proper noun
Σωσῐ́ᾱς • (Sōsíās) m (genitive Σωσῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name: Sosias
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 74
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς ho Sōsíās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου toû Sōsíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σωσῐ́ᾳ tôi Sōsíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σωσῐ́ᾱν tòn Sōsíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σωσῐ́ᾱ Sōsíā | ||||||||||||
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References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025