"pre-Socratic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: prē'sŏkrăʹtĭk [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: pre- + Socratic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Socratic}} pre- + Socratic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pre-Socratic (not comparable)
  1. (historical) Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE). Tags: historical, not-comparable Categories (topical): Ancient Greece Translations (related to the pre-Socratic philosophers): présocratique (French), vorsokratisch (German), προσωκρατικός (prosokratikós) (Greek), przedsokratejski (Polish), försokratisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pre-Socratic-en-adj-UjrS6794 Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præ-Socratic [archaic]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: pre-Socratics [plural]
enPR: prē'sŏkrăʹtĭk [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: pre- + Socratic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|Socratic}} pre- + Socratic Head templates: {{en-noun}} pre-Socratic (plural pre-Socratics)
  1. (historical) Any of the pre-Socratic philosophers, viz. Thales (circa 624–546 BCE), Anaximander (circa 610–546 BCE), Anaximenes (circa 585–525 BCE), Pythagoras (circa 576–495 BCE), Xenophanes (circa 570–480 BCE), Heraclitus (circa 535–475 BCE), Parmenides (early-5ᵗʰ century BCE), Anaxagoras (circa 500–428 BCE), Empedocles (circa 490–430 BCE), and Democritus (circa 460–370 BCE). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (any one of the pre-Socratic philosophers): présocratique (French), Vorsokratiker [masculine] (German), Vorsokratikerin [feminine] (German), presokratyk [masculine] (Polish), försokratiker [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pre-Socratic-en-noun-77hK5M7v Disambiguation of Philosophy: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præ-Socratic [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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