Pherecydes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pherecȳdēs, from Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs), from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, to carry, to bring) + κῦδος (kûdos, renown, glory) + -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/
  • Hyphenation: Pher‧e‧cy‧des

Proper noun

Pherecydes

  1. An Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC)
  2. An historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC)
  3. An historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as the Athenian historian (before 480–477 BC)

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pherecȳdēs m sg (genitive Pherecȳdis); third declension

  1. Pherecydes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Pherecȳdēs
genitive Pherecȳdis
dative Pherecȳdī
accusative Pherecȳdem
ablative Pherecȳde
vocative Pherecȳdēs

Descendants

  • English: Pherecydes
  • French: Phérécyde
  • Italian: Ferecide

References

  • Phĕrĕcȳdēs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1172.