Pherecydes

Pher·e·cy·des
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/ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/

proper noun

An Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC)

OriginLatin Pherecȳdēs ← Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (fl. 6th century BC)
  2. An historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC)
  3. An historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as the Athenian historian (before 480–477 BC)

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφέρω“to carry, to bring”
  2. Ancient GreekΦερεκῡ́δης
  3. LatinPherecȳdēs
  4. EnglishPherecydes

Borrowed from Latin Pherecȳdēs, from Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs), from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “to carry, to bring”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “renown, glory”) + -ης (-ēs).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Φερεκῡ́δης
  • Φερεκῡ́δης (Pherekū́dēs)Translations
French Phérécyde
  • PhérécydeTranslations
Italian Ferecide
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Latin Pherecȳdēs
  • PherecȳdēsTranslations
Russian Фереки́д
  • Фереки́д (Ferekíd)Translations
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APA

Pherecydes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pherecydes

MLA

“Pherecydes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pherecydes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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