Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Σωσικράτης(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsΣωκράτης (Sokrates)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" (see Sosigenes) combined with the Greek noun κράτος (kratos) meaning "power".This is the name of a Greek historian from the 2nd century BC, who is better known under the latinized form of his name, which is Sosicrates.