Σοφία

See also: σοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Specialized use of σοφίᾱ (sophíā, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.pʰí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈpʰi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈɸi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈfi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈfi.a/

Proper noun

Σοφίᾱ • (Sophíā) f (genitive Σοφίᾱς); first declension

personification of wisdom
(biblical) Wisdom
(Byzantine) a female given name, Sophia
(Gnosticism) Sophia (aeon of wisdom)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Σοφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σοφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σοφῐ́ᾱ hē Sophĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Σοφῐ́ᾱς tês Sophĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Σοφῐ́ᾳ tēî Sophĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Σοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sophĭ́ān
Vocative	Σοφῐ́ᾱ Sophĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(book of the Bible): Σοφία Σολομῶντος (Sophía Solomôntos)

Derived terms

Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía)
- → English: Hagia Sophia
- → Georgian: აია-სოფია (aia-sopia)
- → Icelandic: Ægisif
- → Latin: Sancta Sapientia (calque)
- → Persian: ایاصوفیه (ayâ sofiye)
- → Portuguese: Hagia Sofia
- → Spanish: Santa Sofía (partial calque)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آیاصوفیه (Aya Sofya)
  - Turkish: Aya Sofya
Σοφία Σολομῶντος (Sophía Solomôntos)

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: Σοφία (Sofía)
→ Bulgarian: Со́фия (Sófija) (see there for further descendants)
→ Catalan: Sofia
→ Czech: Sofie
→ Danish: Sophia
→ English: Sophia
→ Faroese: Sofía
→ Finnish: Sofia
→ French: Sophie (see there for further descendants)
→ Galician: Sofía
→ German: Sophia
→ Icelandic: Sófía
→ Italian: Sofia
→ Latin: Sophia
→ Pannonian Rusyn: София (Sofija)
→ Portuguese: Sofia
→ Russian: Софи́я (Sofíja)
→ Ukrainian: Софі́я (Sofíja)
→ Swedish: Sophia
→ Spanish: Sofía

Further reading

Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Σοφία”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1001

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σοφίᾱ (Sophíā), from Ancient Greek σοφίᾱ (sophíā). Doublet of Σόφια (Sófia).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈfi.a/
Hyphenation: Σο‧φί‧α

Proper noun

Σοφία • (Sofía) f

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia

Declension

Declension of **Σοφία**
	singular
nominative	Σοφία (Sofía)
genitive	Σοφίας (Sofías)
accusative	Σοφία (Sofía)
vocative	Σοφία (Sofía)

Derived terms

Σοφάκι (Sofáki) (diminutive)
Σοφάρα (Sofára) (augmentative)
Σόφη (Sófi) (diminutive)
Σοφίκα (Sofíka) (diminutive)
Σοφούλα (Sofoúla) (diminutive)
Φωφώ (Fofó) (diminutive)

Related terms

Σόφη (Sófi)