How do you pronounce pherecrates?

The recorded pronunciation is /fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/.

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pherecrates

/fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/

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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.

Either from Latin Pherecratēs or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs).

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Pherecr. (alternative, abbreviation)

Pherecratean Pherecratian Pherecratic

How do you pronounce pherecrates?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɪˈɹɛkɹətiːz/.
What does pherecrates mean?: 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.
Where does pherecrates come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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