θεόσοφος

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “a god, God”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skilled, wise”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

θεόσοφος • (theósophos) m, f (neuter θεόσοφον); second declension

1. wise in divine things
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.35
   • 245 CE – 325 CE, Iamblichus, On the Mysteries 7.1
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.17

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
• 1850, A copious Greek-English vocabulary : compiled from the best authorities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, OCLC 680794857, page 436:

  θεόσοφ-ος, ον, wise in the things of God.

• 1887, Sophocles, Evangelinus Apostolides, John Henry Thayer, editor, Greek lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100), New York: C. Scribner's Sons, published 1900 (reissue of the 1887 memorial edition), OCLC 463932742, page 578:

  θεόσοφ-ος, ον, (σοφός) wise in divine things.