Meanings
Origin
- Ancient GreekΘουκυδίδης
- LatinThūcȳdidēs
- EnglishThucydides
From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).
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Afrikaans Thukydides
- Thukydideshistorian
Ancient Greek Θουκῡδίδης
- Θουκῡδίδης (Thoukūdídēs)historian
Arabic ثوقيديدس
- ثوقيديدسhistorian
Basque Tuzidides
- Tuzidideshistorian
Bengali থুসিডাইডিস
- থুসিডাইডিস (thuśiḍaiḍiś)historian
Bulgarian Тукидид
- Тукидид (Tukidid)historian
Catalan Tucídides
- Tucídideshistorian
Chinese Cantonese 修昔底德
- 修昔底德historian
Chinese Mandarin 修昔底德
- 修昔底德 (Xiūxīdǐdé)historian
Czech Thúkydidés
- Thúkydidéshistorian
Danish Thukydid
- Thukydidhistorian
Dutch Thucydides
- Thucydideshistorian
Esperanto Tucidido
- Tucididohistorian
Estonian Thukydides
- Thukydideshistorian
Finnish Thukydides
- Thukydideshistorian
French Thucydide
- Thucydidehistorian
German Thukydides
- Thukydideshistorian
Greek Θουκυδίδης
- Θουκυδίδης (Thoukydídis)historian
Hebrew תוקიדיդס
- תוקიדיդסhistorian
Hindi थ्यूसीदाइदीज
- थ्यूसीदाइदीज (thyūsīdāidīj)historian
Hungarian Thuküdidész
- Thuküdidészhistorian
Icelandic Þúkýdídes
- Þúkýdídeshistorian
Indonesian Thukidides
- Thukidideshistorian
Irish Thucydides
- Thucydideshistorian
Italian Tucidide
- Tucididehistorian
Japanese トゥキュディデス
- トゥキュディデスhistorian
Korean 투키디데스
- 투키디데스 (tukidideseu)historian
Latin Thūcȳdidēs, Thucydides
- Thūcȳdidēshistorian
- Thucydideshistorian
Latvian Tukidīds
- Tukidīdshistorian
Lithuanian Tukididas
- Tukididashistorian
Malay Thoukydides
- Thoukydideshistorian
Norwegian Bokmål Tukydid
- Tukydidhistorian
Persian توسیدید
- توسیدیدhistorian
Polish Tukidydes
- Tukidydeshistorian
Portuguese Tucídides
- Tucídideshistorian
Romanian Tucidide
- Tucididehistorian
Russian Фукиди́д
- Фукиди́д (Fukidíd)historian
Slovak Thoukydides
- Thoukydideshistorian
Spanish Tucídides
- Tucídideshistorian
Swahili Thukidides
- Thukidideshistorian
Swedish Thukydides
- Thukydideshistorian
Tagalog Tucidides
- Tucidideshistorian
Tamil துசிடிடீஸ்
- துசிடிடீஸ் (tuciṭiṭīs)historian
Thai ทิวซิดิดีส
- ทิวซิดิดีสhistorian
Turkish Thukididis
- Thukididishistorian
Ukrainian Фукідід
- Фукідід (Fukidid)historian
Urdu تھوسی ڈائڈز
- تھوسی ڈائڈزhistorian
Vietnamese Thucydides
- Thucydideshistorian
Welsh Thucydides
- Thucydideshistorian
Cite this entry
APA
Thucydides. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thucydides
MLA
“Thucydides.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thucydides. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thucydides,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thucydides.
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