sophia
See also: Sophia
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek σοφίᾱ (sophíā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.pʰi.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.fi.a]
Noun
sophia f (genitive sophiae); first declension
- wisdom (often personified)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sophia | sophiae |
| genitive | sophiae | sophiārum |
| dative | sophiae | sophiīs |
| accusative | sophiam sophian |
sophiās |
| ablative | sophiā | sophiīs |
| vocative | sophia | sophiae |
Related terms
- sophisma
- sophismatius
- sophista, sophistēs
- sophisticē
- sophisticus
- sophos, sophus
Descendants
References
- “sophia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "sophia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sophia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sophia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “sophia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press