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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΦερεκρᾰ́της
- Latin · borrowed fromPherecratēs
- English todayPherecrates
Either from Latin Pherecratēs or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pherecrates
Today it means: A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre. Full definition →
Latin Pherecratēs ← Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της