Socratic

English

Etymology

From Latin Sōcraticus, from Ancient Greek Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós, “of Socrates”), from Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs, “Socrates”), equivalent to Socrates +‎ -ic.

Adjective

Socratic (comparative more Socratic, superlative most Socratic)

1. Of or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophical methods and/or views.

   Synonyms: Socratean, Socratian

   • 1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 14:

     His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image. He had no family, no real heirs, and so his boys were his spiritual sons as well as his heirs in tennis. They were his lovers as well. Theirs was a relationship of a Socratic sort, a pedagogical eroticism between an adolescent protege which ingaged them in a mutual project of spiritual and physical development.

Derived terms

• Socratic irony
• Socratic method

Translations

characteristic of the philosopher Socrates

• Czech: sokratovský
• Danish: sokratisk
• French: socratique (fr)
• Georgian: სოკრატული (soḳraṭuli)
• German: sokratisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós)

• Italian: socratico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sokratisk

• Polish: sokratejski (pl), sokratyczny
• Portuguese: socrático
• Russian: сократи́ческий (ru) (sokratíčeskij)
• Swedish: sokratisk (sv)

Noun

Socratic (plural Socratics)

1. A follower of Socrates.

Translations

follower of Socrates

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: սոկրատիկոս (sokratikos)

• German: Sokratiker m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós)

• Portuguese: socrático m
• Russian: сокра́тик (ru) m (sokrátik)

Anagrams

• Racicots, Ritaccos, acrostic, sarcotic