Φερεκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φέρω (phérō, “bring, bear, carry”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “might, strength, power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension proper nouns)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φερεκρᾰ́της • (Pherekrắtēs) m (genitive Φερεκρᾰ́τους); third declension

  1. Pherecrates (celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy)
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 327d:
      πρὸς ἀνθρώπους οἷς μήτε παιδεία ἐστὶν μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία διὰ παντὸς ἀναγκάζουσα ἀρετῆς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ἀλλ’ εἶεν ἄγριοί τινες οἷοίπερ οὓς πέρυσιν Φερεκράτης ὁ ποιητὴς ἐδίδαξεν ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ.
      pròs anthrṓpous hoîs mḗte paideía estìn mḗte dikastḗria mḗte nómoi mēdè anánkē mēdemía dià pantòs anankázousa aretês epimeleîsthai, all’ eîen ágrioí tines hoîoíper hoùs pérusin Pherekrátēs ho poiētḕs edídaxen epì Lēnaíōi.
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    • Ps.-Plut., Mus. 30

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Φερεκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Φερεκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φερεκρᾰ́της
ho Pherekrắtēs
Genitive τοῦ Φερεκρᾰ́τους
toû Pherekrắtous
Dative τῷ Φερεκρᾰ́τει
tōî Pherekrắtei
Accusative τὸν Φερεκρᾰ́την / Φερεκρᾰ́τη
tòn Pherekrắtēn / Pherekrắtē
Vocative Φερέκρᾰτες
Pherékrătes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Φερεκρᾰ́τειος (Pherekrắteios, adjective)

Descendants

  • → English: Pherecrates
  • → French: Phérékratès
  • → German: Pherekrates
  • Greek: Φερεκράτης (Ferekrátis)
  • → Latin: Pherecratēs

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