Thucydides

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) 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.

Pronunciation

/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thucydides.wav

Word forms

Thucydides Th.

Etymology

From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).

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