Σωσίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe and sound”, the root of σῴζω (sṓizō)) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σωσῐ́ᾱς • (Sōsíās) m (genitive Σωσῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name: Sosias
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 74

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σωσῐ́ᾱς
ho Sōsíās
Genitive τοῦ Σωσῐ́ου
toû Sōsíou
Dative τῷ Σωσῐ́ᾳ
tôi Sōsíāi
Accusative τὸν Σωσῐ́ᾱν
tòn Sōsíān
Vocative Σωσῐ́ᾱ
Sōsíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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