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Socrates en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɒkɹətiːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈsɑkɹətiz/ (General-American)

Etymology

Via Latin Socrates, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis.

Meanings

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. ▸ The Greek philosopher, 470–399 BC.
   • Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on. 1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii:

Forms

Deriveds

Socratise · Socratian · Socratize · Socratic · Socratism · Socratean · Socratic method · Socratist · Socratic irony

Relateds

Archimedes · Pythagoras · Aristotle · Plato

Translations (63)

ota سقراط (Greek philosopher) · et Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · ne सुकरात (Greek philosopher) · fro Socrate (Greek philosopher) · bh सुकरात (Greek philosopher) · da Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · pa ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (Greek philosopher) · az سقراط (Greek philosopher) · bn সুকরাত (Greek philosopher) · la Sōcratēs (Greek philosopher) · cmn 蘇格拉底 /苏格拉底 (Greek philosopher) · eo Sokrato (Greek philosopher) · mr सुकरात (Greek philosopher) · fa سقراط (Greek philosopher) · ms Socrates (Greek philosopher) · gu સુકરાત (Greek philosopher) · ka სოკრატე (Greek philosopher) · mt Sokrate (Greek philosopher) · ar سُقْرَاط (Greek philosopher) · lt Sokratas (Greek philosopher) · acw سُقْراط (Greek philosopher) · cs Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · ko 소크라테스 (Greek philosopher) · sv Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · hi सुक़रात (Greek philosopher) · az Süqrat (Greek philosopher) · sl Sókrat (Greek philosopher) · bg Сокра́т (Greek philosopher) · fr Socrate (Greek philosopher) · xcl Սոկրատէս (Greek philosopher) · de Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · he סוקראטס (Greek philosopher) · vi Xô-crát (Greek philosopher) · my ဆိုကရေးတီး (Greek philosopher) · az Sokrat (Greek philosopher) · ru Сокра́т (Greek philosopher) · no Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · tr Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · sh Sokrat (Greek philosopher) · or ସକ୍ରେଟିସ୍ (Greek philosopher) · hu Szókratész (Greek philosopher) · sk Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · el Σωκράτης (Greek philosopher) · is Sókrates (Greek philosopher) · it Socrate (Greek philosopher) · ja ソクラテス (Greek philosopher) · hy Սոկրատես (Greek philosopher) · lv Sokrats (Greek philosopher) · es Sócrates (Greek philosopher) · pl Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · grc Σωκράτης (Greek philosopher) · ca Sòcrates (Greek philosopher) · ro Socrate (Greek philosopher) · frm Socrates (Greek philosopher) · fa سوکراتس (Greek philosopher) · ar سُوكْرَاتِس (Greek philosopher) · pt Sócrates (Greek philosopher) · km សូក្រាត (Greek philosopher) · sh Сократ (Greek philosopher) · fi Sokrates (Greek philosopher) · hi सुकरात (Greek philosopher) · nl Socrates (Greek philosopher) · cs Sókratés (Greek philosopher)