Sophocleus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɔ.pʰɔˈkɫeː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [so.foˈklɛː.us]

Sophoclēus (feminine Sophoclēa, neuter Sophoclēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or in the manner of Sophocles, Sophoclean
   • 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Eclogues 8.9-10:

     En erit ut liceat totum mihi ferre per orbem
     sola Sophocleo tua carmina digna coturno?

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2. (New Latin) lofty, grave
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophocleus.

First/second-declension adjective.

• “Sŏphō̆clēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sŏphŏclēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,458/2”
• “Sophoclēus” on page 1,792/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)