proper noun · masculinethird declension
Sōcratēs
Sōcratēs m sg (genitive Sōcratis or Sōcratī)
Classical[ˈsoː.kra.teːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.kra.tes]
Meaning
- Socrates
5th century, Paulinus Pellaeus, Eucharisticon Deo sub ephemeridis meae textu (ΕΥΧΑΡΙϹΤΗΤΙΚΌϹ Deo sub Ephemeridis meae Textu). In: Ausonius with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn White. Vol. II. With the Eucharisticus of Paulinus Pellaeus, 1921, p. 312f. Nec sero exacto primi mox tempore lustri dogmata Socratus et bellica plasmata Homeri erroresque legens cognoscere cogor Ulixis.
Full early, when the days of my first lustrum were well-nigh spent, I was made to con and learn the doctrines of Socrates, Homer's warlike fantasies, and Ulysses' wanderings.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sōcratēs | — |
| genitive | Sōcratis Sōcratī | — |
| dative | Sōcratī | — |
| accusative | Sōcratem Sōcratēn | — |
| ablative | Sōcrate | — |
| vocative | Sōcratē Sōcrates | — |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- libera contumacia Socratis (Tusc. 1. 29. 71)
- the frank but defiant demeanour of Socrates (before his judges).
- a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
- to quote Socrates as a model of virtue.
Sōcrătes, is, m., = Σωκράτης.
I. The celebrated Greek philosopher:
parens philosophiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 1: fons et caput philosophiae, id. de Or. 1, 10, 42: ab Apolline omnium sapientissimus dictus, id. Ac. 1, 4, 16; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 50.—Voc. Socrate, bis, Cic. Fragm. p. 477 Orell.—As an appellative, in the plur.: ut exsistant ... Socratae simul et Antisthenae et Platones multi, Gell. 14, 1, 29; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 50. —Hence, Sōcrătĭcus, a, um, adj., = Σωκρατικός, of or belonging to Socrates, Socratic: philosophi, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: viri, id. Att. 14, 9, 1: domus, Hor. C. 1, 29, 14: sermones, Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 67; Hor. C. 3, 21, 9: lepor subtilitasque, Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16: chartae, Hor. A. P. 310: sinus, i. e. devoted to philosophy, Pers. 5, 37: Xenophon, Nep. Ages. 1: cinaedi (in reference to Alcibiades, the favorite of Socrates), Juv. 2, 10.—As subst.: Sōcrătĭci, ōrum, m., the followers or disciples of Socrates, Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 61 sq.; id. Off. 1, 1, 2 et saep.—II. A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137.—
III. A Greek sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs).