ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ, σωκρατης
SŌKRATĒS, sōkratēs
Sounds Like: soh-KRAH-tays
Translations: Socrates
From the root: ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. He is famous for the Socratic method, a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:16
Josephus' Against Apion
Justin Martyr
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΩΚΡΑΤΕΙ — (to) Socrates
- ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΝ — Socrates
- ΣΩΚΡΑΤΙΚΟΝ — Socratic, a Socratic thing, a Socratic matter
- ΣΩΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ — of Socrates
- ΣΩΡΚΑΤΕΙ — Socrates
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