Σοφοκλῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σοφοκλέης (Sophokléēs) Epic

Etymology

From σοφός (sophós, clever) + -κλῆς (-klês, fame).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σοφοκλῆς • (Sophoklês) m (genitive Σοφοκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Sophocles
  2. In particular, the 5th century BCE tragic playwright Sophocles

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios)
  • φιλοσοφοκλῆς (philosophoklês, a lover of Sophocles)

Descendants

References

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