θεόσοφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θεός (theós, “a god, God”) + σοφός (sophós, “skilled, wise”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.ó.so.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰeˈo.so.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θeˈo.so.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θeˈo.so.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θeˈo.so.fos/
Adjective
θεόσοφος • (theósophos) m or f (neuter θεόσοφον); second declension
- wise in divine things
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | θεόσοφος theósophos |
θεόσοφον theósophon |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεόσοφοι theósophoi |
θεόσοφᾰ theósophă | ||||||||
| Genitive | θεοσόφου theosóphou |
θεοσόφου theosóphou |
θεοσόφοιν theosóphoin |
θεοσόφοιν theosóphoin |
θεοσόφων theosóphōn |
θεοσόφων theosóphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | θεοσόφῳ theosóphōi |
θεοσόφῳ theosóphōi |
θεοσόφοιν theosóphoin |
θεοσόφοιν theosóphoin |
θεοσόφοις theosóphois |
θεοσόφοις theosóphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | θεόσοφον theósophon |
θεόσοφον theósophon |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεοσόφους theosóphous |
θεόσοφᾰ theósophă | ||||||||
| Vocative | θεόσοφε theósophe |
θεόσοφον theósophon |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεοσόφω theosóphō |
θεόσοφοι theósophoi |
θεόσοφᾰ theósophă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| θεοσόφως theosóphōs |
θεοσοφώτερος theosophṓteros |
θεοσοφώτᾰτος theosophṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
- θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā)
Descendants
Further reading
- “θεόσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θεόσοφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεόσοφος”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 578