Σωκρατικοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós): 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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.kra.ti.kǒi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈky/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈcy/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.kra.tiˈci/

Noun

Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkrătĭkoí) 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
Nominative	οἱ Σωκρᾰτῐκοί hoi Sōkrătĭkoí
Genitive	τῶν Σωκρᾰτῐκῶν tôn Sōkrătĭkôn
Dative	τοῖς Σωκρᾰτῐκοῖς toîs Sōkrătĭkoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Σωκρᾰτῐκούς toùs Sōkrătĭkoús
Vocative	Σωκρᾰτῐκοί Sōkrătĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Sōcraticī

Adjective

Σωκρᾰτῐκοί • (Sōkrătĭkoí)

nominative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)
vocative plural masculine of Σωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)

References

“Σωκρᾰτικοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press