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
Third declension of ὁ Σοφοκλῆς; τοῦ Σοφοκλέους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σοφοκλῆς
ho Sophoklês
Genitive τοῦ Σοφοκλέους
toû Sophokléous
Dative τῷ Σοφοκλεῖ
tôi Sophokleî
Accusative τὸν Σοφοκλέᾱ
tòn Sophokléā
Vocative Σοφόκλεις
Sophókleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Σοφόκλειος (Sophókleios)
  • φιλοσοφοκλῆς (philosophoklês, “a lover of Sophocles”)

Descendants

References
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