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pherecydes

/ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Pher-e-cy-des
IPA
/ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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)

name

An historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC)

name

An historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as the Athenian historian (before 480–477 BC)

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Φερεκῡ́δης, φέρω

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

-phore -phor

Frequently Paired Words

-phore -phor kudos

Questions

How do you pronounce pherecydes?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɛɹɪˈsaɪdiːz/.
What does pherecydes mean?
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)
Where does pherecydes come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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