Socrates

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UK/ˈsɒkɹətiːz/Atlantic Canada, US/ˈsɑkɹətiz/Boston, Canada, Maine/ˈsɒkɹətiz/Australia/ˈsɔkɹətiːz/

proper noun

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

Socrates1

proper noun

alternative Sokrates

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    1. The Greek philosopher, 470–399 BC.
      1 more example

      Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on.

      1996, John M. Cooper, “Introduction”, in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, page xxii

SOCRATES2

noun
  1. abbreviationacronymmedicineAcronym of site, onset, character, radiation, associations, timecourse, exacerbating and relieving factors, and severity (of pain).

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΣωκράτης
  2. LatinSocrates
  3. EnglishSocrates

Via Latin Socrates, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Σωκράτης
  • Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs)Greek philosopher
Arabic سُقْرَاط, سُوكْرَاتِس
  • سُقْرَاط (suqrāṭ)Greek philosopher
  • سُوكْرَاتِس (sukrātis)Greek philosopher
Bengali সুকরাত
  • সুকরাত (śukrat)Greek philosopher
Bulgarian Сокра́т
  • Сокра́т (Sokrát)Greek philosopher
Catalan Sòcrates
  • SòcratesGreek philosopher
Chinese Mandarin 蘇格拉底 /苏格拉底
  • 蘇格拉底 /苏格拉底 (Sūgélādǐ)Greek philosopher
Czech Sokrates, Sókratés
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
  • SókratésGreek philosopher
Danish Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Dutch Socrates
  • SocratesGreek philosopher
Esperanto Sokrato
  • SokratoGreek philosopher
Estonian Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Finnish Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
French Socrate
  • SocrateGreek philosopher
German Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Greek Σωκράτης
  • Σωκράτης (Sokrátis)Greek philosopher
Hebrew סוקראטס
  • סוקראטס (Sokrates)Greek philosopher
Hindi सुकरात, सुक़रात
  • सुकरात (sukrāt)Greek philosopher
  • सुक़रात (suqrāt)Greek philosopher
Hungarian Szókratész
  • SzókratészGreek philosopher
Icelandic Sókrates
  • SókratesGreek philosopher
Italian Socrate
  • SocrateGreek philosopher
Japanese ソクラテス
  • ソクラテス (Sokuratesu)Greek philosopher
Korean 소크라테스
  • 소크라테스 (Sokeurateseu)Greek philosopher
Latin Sōcratēs
  • SōcratēsGreek philosopher
Latvian Sokrats
  • SokratsGreek philosopher
Lithuanian Sokratas
  • SokratasGreek philosopher
Malay Socrates
  • SocratesGreek philosopher
Norwegian Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Persian سقراط, سوکراتس
  • سقراط (soqrât)Greek philosopher
  • سوکراتس (sukrâtes)Greek philosopher
Polish Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Portuguese Sócrates
  • SócratesGreek philosopher
Punjabi ਸੁਕਰਾਤ
  • ਸੁਕਰਾਤ (sukrāt)Greek philosopher
Romanian Socrate
  • SocrateGreek philosopher
Russian Сокра́т
  • Сокра́т (Sokrát)Greek philosopher
Slovak Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Spanish Sócrates
  • SócratesGreek philosopher
Swedish Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Turkish Sokrates
  • SokratesGreek philosopher
Vietnamese Xô-crát
  • Xô-crátGreek philosopher

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Cite this entry
APA

Socrates. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socrates

MLA

“Socrates.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socrates. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Socrates,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socrates.

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