θεοσοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (theosophĭ́ā) f (genitive θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Knowledge of divine things.
    • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.9
    • 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Platonic Theology 5.35
    • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 350

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
hē theosophĭ́ā 		τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ theosophĭ́ā 		αἱ θεοσοφῐ́αι
hai theosophĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς
tês theosophĭ́ās 		τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν
toîn theosophĭ́ain 		τῶν θεοσοφῐῶν
tôn theosophĭôn
Dative τῇ θεοσοφῐ́ᾳ
tēî theosophĭ́āi 		τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν
toîn theosophĭ́ain 		ταῖς θεοσοφῐ́αις
taîs theosophĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν θεοσοφῐ́ᾱν
tḕn theosophĭ́ān 		τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ theosophĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s theosophĭ́ās
Vocative θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
theosophĭ́ā 		θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
theosophĭ́ā 		θεοσοφῐ́αι
theosophĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
  • θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in the things of God”)

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