Thucydides

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/

Proper noun

Thucydides

1. (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰuːˈkyː.di.deːs/, [tʰuːˈkyː.dɪ.deːs]

Proper noun

Thūcȳdidēs m (genitive Thūcȳdidis); third declension

1. A celebrated Greek historian
2. An Athenian statesman

References

• Thucydides in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thucydides in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Thucydides in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Proper noun

Thucydides m

1. Obsolete spelling of Tucídides