Etymograph

English

Pherecrates

Pherecrates may come from Latin Pherecratēs.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPherecratēsuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPherecrates

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPherecratēsuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayPherecrates

Every English word from Latin Pherecratēs

Today it means

name 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.

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Etymograph / Latin Pherecratēs / Pherecrates

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