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thucydides

/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
thucy-dides
IPA
/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.

Etymology

From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Thūcȳdidēs, Θουκυδίδης

Inflected Forms

Th. (alternative)

Derived Forms

Thucydidean Thucydidian Thucydidesian

Phrases

Thucydides trap

Questions

How do you pronounce thucydides?
The recorded pronunciation is /θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/.
What does thucydides mean?
A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.
Where does thucydides come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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