Σοφοκλῆς

See also: Σοφοκλής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σοφοκλέης (Sophokléēs) — Epic

Etymology

From σοφός (sophós, “clever”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, “fame”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σοφοκλῆς • (Sophoklês) m (genitive Σοφοκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Sophocles
  2. In particular, the 5th century BCE tragic playwright Sophocles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σοφοκλῆς; τοῦ Σοφοκλέους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σοφοκλῆς
ho Sophoklês
Genitive τοῦ Σοφοκλέους
toû Sophokléous
Dative τῷ Σοφοκλεῖ
tōî Sophokleî
Accusative τὸν Σοφοκλέᾱ
tòn Sophokléā
Vocative Σοφόκλεις
Sophókleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios)
  • φιλοσοφοκλῆς (philosophoklês, “a lover of Sophocles”)

Descendants

  • Armenian: Սոփոկլես (Sopʻokles)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 索福克勒斯 (suǒfúkèlèsī)
  • Greek: Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís), Σοφοκλῆς
  • Italian: Sofocle
  • Latin: Sophoclēs
  • Old Armenian: Սոփոկղէս (Sopʻokłēs)
  • Russian: Софокл (Sofokl)
  • Turkish: Sofokles

References

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