πάνσοφος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πᾰ́σσοφος (pắssophos)
Etymology
From παν- (pan-, “very, all”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pán.so.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpan.so.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpan.so.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpan.so.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpan.so.fos/
Adjective
πᾰ́νσοφος • (pắnsophos) m or f (neuter πᾰ́νσοφον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πᾰ́νσοφος pắnsophos |
πᾰ́νσοφον pắnsophon |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰ́νσοφοι pắnsophoi |
πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pắnsophă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πᾰνσόφου pănsóphou |
πᾰνσόφου pănsóphou |
πᾰνσόφοιν pănsóphoin |
πᾰνσόφοιν pănsóphoin |
πᾰνσόφων pănsóphōn |
πᾰνσόφων pănsóphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πᾰνσόφῳ pănsóphōi |
πᾰνσόφῳ pănsóphōi |
πᾰνσόφοιν pănsóphoin |
πᾰνσόφοιν pănsóphoin |
πᾰνσόφοις pănsóphois |
πᾰνσόφοις pănsóphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πᾰ́νσοφον pắnsophon |
πᾰ́νσοφον pắnsophon |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰνσόφους pănsóphous |
πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pắnsophă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰ́νσοφε pắnsophe |
πᾰ́νσοφον pắnsophon |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰνσόφω pănsóphō |
πᾰ́νσοφοι pắnsophoi |
πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pắnsophă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πᾰνσόφως pănsóphōs |
πᾰνσοφώτερος pănsophṓteros |
πᾰνσοφώτᾰτος pănsophṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Synonyms
- πᾰντόσοφος (păntósophos, “most clever”)
Related terms
- ἀσόφῐστος (asóphĭstos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
- ἄσοφος (ásophos, “foolish”)
- αὐτόσοφος (autósophos, “with mother-wit”)
- ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphĭlosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
- δῐᾰ́σοφος (dĭắsophos, “very wise”)
- ἔνσοφος (énsophos, “wise in”)
- ἡμῐ́σοφος (hēmĭ́sophos, “half-wise”)
- μωρόσοφος (mōrósophos, “foolishly wise, sapient fool”)
- πολῠ́σοφος (polŭ́sophos, “very wise”)
- σοφῐβόλος (sophĭbólos, “stupid”)
- σοφῐστής m (sophĭstḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
- τρῐ́σοφος (trĭ́sophos, “thrice wise: very wise”)
- ῠ̔πέρσοφος (hŭpérsophos, “exceedingly wise”)
- ῠ̔πόσοφος (hŭpósophos, “sub-scientific”)
References
- “πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πάνσοφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- all-wise idem, page 22.
- clever idem, page 137.
- omniscient idem, page 573.
- wise idem, page 982.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpansofos/
- Hyphenation: πάν‧σο‧φος
Adjective
πάνσοφος • (pánsofos) m (feminine πάνσοφη, neuter πάνσοφο)
- omniscient, all-knowing, pansophic
- very learned or wise
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | πάνσοφος (pánsofos) | πάνσοφη (pánsofi) | πάνσοφο (pánsofo) | πάνσοφοι (pánsofoi) | πάνσοφες (pánsofes) | πάνσοφα (pánsofa) | |
| genitive | πάνσοφου (pánsofou) | πάνσοφης (pánsofis) | πάνσοφου (pánsofou) | πάνσοφων (pánsofon) | πάνσοφων (pánsofon) | πάνσοφων (pánsofon) | |
| accusative | πάνσοφο (pánsofo) | πάνσοφη (pánsofi) | πάνσοφο (pánsofo) | πάνσοφους (pánsofous) | πάνσοφες (pánsofes) | πάνσοφα (pánsofa) | |
| vocative | πάνσοφε (pánsofe) | πάνσοφη (pánsofi) | πάνσοφο (pánsofo) | πάνσοφοι (pánsofoi) | πάνσοφες (pánsofes) | πάνσοφα (pánsofa) | |
Synonyms
- παντογνώστης (pantognóstis)