σοφία
See also: Σοφία
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom σοφός (sophós, “skilled in handcrafts; clever”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.pʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈfi.a/
Noun
editσοφῐ́ᾱ • (sophíā) f (genitive σοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
- skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
- knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σοφῐ́ᾱ hē sophíā |
τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ sophíā |
αἱ σοφῐ́αι hai sophíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σοφῐ́ᾱς tês sophíās |
τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν toîn sophíain |
τῶν σοφῐῶν tôn sophiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σοφῐ́ᾳ têi sophíāi |
τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν toîn sophíain |
ταῖς σοφῐ́αις taîs sophíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn sophíān |
τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ sophíā |
τᾱ̀ς σοφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sophíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σοφῐ́ᾱ sophíā |
σοφῐ́ᾱ sophíā |
σοφῐ́αι sophíai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀσοφῐ́ᾱ f (asophíā, “folly, stupidity”)
- αὐτοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (autosophíā, “authentic wisdom”)
- ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (aphilosophíā, “contempt for philosophy”)
- δοκησῐσοφῐ́ᾱ f (dokēsisophíā, “conceit of wisdom”)
- δοξοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (doxosophíā, “conceit of wisdom”)
- θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”)
- Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σειρᾰ́χ f (Sophíā Seirákh, “Ecclesiasticus”)
- Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σολομῶντος f (Sophíā Solomôntos, “Wisdom of Solomon”)
- φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (philosophíā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
- ψευδοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (pseudosophíā, “false wisdom”)
Related terms
edit- ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
- σεσοφῐσμένως (sesophisménōs, “cunningly”, adverb)
- σοφῐ́ζω (sophízō, “make wise, instruct, devise”)
- σόφῐσμᾰ n (sóphisma, “skill, method”)
- σοφῐστεύω (sophisteúō, “play the sophist; teach, give lectures”)
- σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
- σοφόω (sophóō, “make wise, instruct, devise”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “σοφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σοφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4678 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adroitness idem, page 13.
- art idem, page 42.
- astuteness idem, page 48.
- cleverness idem, page 137.
- depth idem, page 213.
- enlightenment idem, page 275.
- erudition idem, page 281.
- genius idem, page 357.
- intelligence idem, page 448.
- learning idem, page 483.
- part idem, page 593.
- philosophy idem, page 610.
- profundity idem, page 653.
- shrewdness idem, page 771.
- skill idem, page 780.
- wisdom idem, page 982.
- wit idem, page 983.
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσοφία • (sofía) f (plural σοφίες)
- wisdom
- (in the plural, ironic) denoting a speaker's statements as anything but smart, important, etc.
Declension
editDeclension of σοφία
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- βλακεία f (vlakeía, “stupidity”)
- ηλιθιότητα f (ilithiótita, “stupidity”)
Related terms
edit- αμπελοφιλοσοφία f (ampelofilosofía, “silly, consequential theory, inferior philosophy”)
- δοκησισοφία f (dokisisofía, “conceit of wisdom”)
- θυμοσοφία f (thymosofía, “mother wit, practical wisdom”)
- Σοφία f (Sofía, “female name: wisdom”)
- σόφισμα n (sófisma, “sophism”)
- σοφιστεία f (sofisteía, “sophistry”)
- φιλοσοφία f (filosofía, “philosophy”) and derivatives
- and see at σοφός
Further reading
edit- σοφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- σοφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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