Σωσίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sōízō)) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σωσῐ́ᾱς • (Sōsĭ́ās) m (genitive Σωσῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Sosias
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 74

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς
ho Sōsĭ́ās
Genitive τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου
toû Sōsĭ́ou
Dative τῷ Σωσῐ́ᾳ
tōî Sōsĭ́āi
Accusative τὸν Σωσῐ́ᾱν
tòn Sōsĭ́ān
Vocative Σωσῐ́ᾱ
Sōsĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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