Suqrat

Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of the city of Athens, which Ibn al-Nadim describes as the city of scholars and sages ².

Ibn al-Nadim says that he was an ascetic, an eloquent speaker and a wise man, and that the Greeks killed him because he opposed them. He mentions that the king who ordered his killing was Artakhshast, and that Plato was among his companions ².

He transmits from the handwriting of Ishaq ibn Hunayn that Socrates lived close to the span of Plato's life. He gives the meaning of "Suqratis" as "holder of the jaw" (mamsik al-dahha), it is said ².