Gorgias
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɹd͡ʒi.əs/
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργίας (Gorgías).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡor.ɡi.aːs/, [ˈɡɔrɡiäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡor.d͡ʒi.as/, [ˈɡɔrd͡ʒiäs]
Proper noun
Gorgiās m sg (genitive Gorgiae); first declension
- Greek sophist, philosopher and rhetorician, born in Leontini
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gorgiās |
Genitive | Gorgiae |
Dative | Gorgiae |
Accusative | Gorgiān |
Ablative | Gorgiā |
Vocative | Gorgiā |
Descendants
- Italian: Gorgia
References
- “Gorgias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gorgias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gorgias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Spanish
Proper noun
Gorgias m
- (philosophy) an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, sophist and rhetorician from Leontini (483 – 375 BC)
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