σοφία
See also: Σοφία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σοφῐ́η (sophĭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From σοφός (sophós, “skilled in handcrafts; clever”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (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
σοφῐ́ᾱ • (sophĭ́ā) 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
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σοφῐ́ᾱ hē sophĭ́ā |
τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ sophĭ́ā |
αἱ σοφῐ́αι hai sophĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σοφῐ́ᾱς tês sophĭ́ās |
τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν toîn sophĭ́ain |
τῶν σοφῐῶν tôn sophĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σοφῐ́ᾳ tēî sophĭ́āi |
τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν toîn sophĭ́ain |
ταῖς σοφῐ́αις taîs sophĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn sophĭ́ān |
τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ sophĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς σοφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sophĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σοφῐ́ᾱ sophĭ́ā |
σοφῐ́ᾱ sophĭ́ā |
σοφῐ́αι sophĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσοφῐ́ᾱ f (asophĭ́ā, “folly, stupidity”)
- αὐτοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (autosophĭ́ā, “authentic wisdom”)
- ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (aphĭlosophĭ́ā, “contempt for philosophy”)
- δοκησῐσοφῐ́ᾱ f (dokēsĭsophĭ́ā, “conceit of wisdom”)
- δοξοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (doxosophĭ́ā, “conceit of wisdom”)
- θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (theosophĭ́ā, “knowledge of things divine”)
- Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σειρᾰ́χ f (Sophĭ́ā Seirắkh, “Ecclesiasticus”)
- Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σολομῶντος f (Sophĭ́ā Solomôntos, “Wisdom of Solomon”)
- φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (phĭlosophĭ́ā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
- ψευδοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (pseudosophĭ́ā, “false wisdom”)
Related terms
- ἀσόφῐστος (asóphĭstos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
- σεσοφῐσμένως (sesophĭsménōs, “cunningly”, adverb)
- σοφῐ́ζω (sophĭ́zō, “make wise, instruct, devise”)
- σόφῐσμᾰ n (sóphĭsmă, “skill, method”)
- σοφῐστεύω (sophĭsteúō, “play the sophist; teach, give lectures”)
- σοφῐστής m (sophĭstḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
- σοφόω (sophóō, “make wise, instruct, devise”)
Descendants
References
- “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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈfi.a/
- Hyphenation: σο‧φί‧α
Noun
σοφία • (sofía) f (plural σοφίες)
- wisdom
- (in the plural, ironic) denoting a speaker's statements as anything but smart, important, etc.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σοφία (sofía) | σοφίες (sofíes) |
| genitive | σοφίας (sofías) | σοφιών (sofión) |
| accusative | σοφία (sofía) | σοφίες (sofíes) |
| vocative | σοφία (sofía) | σοφίες (sofíes) |
Synonyms
Antonyms
- βλακεία f (vlakeía, “stupidity”)
- ηλιθιότητα f (ilithiótita, “stupidity”)
Related terms
- 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: σοφός (sofós)
Further reading
- 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