Gorgias
English
Etymology 1
Noun
Gorgias
- plural of Gorgia
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɹd͡ʒi.əs/
Proper noun
Gorgias
- Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher and rhetorician.
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργίας (Gorgías).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔr.ɡi.aːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔr.d͡ʒi.as]
Proper noun
Gorgiās m sg (genitive Gorgiae); first declension
- Greek sophist, philosopher and rhetorician, born in Leontini
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gorgiās |
| genitive | Gorgiae |
| dative | Gorgiae |
| accusative | Gorgiān |
| ablative | Gorgiā |
| vocative | Gorgiā |
Descendants
- Italian: Gorgia
References
- “Gorgias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gorgias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gorgias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Spanish
Proper noun
Gorgias m
- (philosophy) an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, sophist and rhetorician from Leontini (483 – 375 BC)