σοφός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.pʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈpʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈfos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈfos/
Adjective
σοφός • (sophós) m (feminine σοφή, neuter σοφόν); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | σοφός sophós |
σοφή sophḗ |
σοφόν sophón |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφᾱ́ sophā́ |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφοί sophoí |
σοφαί sophaí |
σοφᾰ́ sophá | |||||
| Genitive | σοφοῦ sophoû |
σοφῆς sophês |
σοφοῦ sophoû |
σοφοῖν sophoîn |
σοφαῖν sophaîn |
σοφοῖν sophoîn |
σοφῶν sophôn |
σοφῶν sophôn |
σοφῶν sophôn | |||||
| Dative | σοφῷ sophôi |
σοφῇ sophêi |
σοφῷ sophôi |
σοφοῖν sophoîn |
σοφαῖν sophaîn |
σοφοῖν sophoîn |
σοφοῖς sophoîs |
σοφαῖς sophaîs |
σοφοῖς sophoîs | |||||
| Accusative | σοφόν sophón |
σοφήν sophḗn |
σοφόν sophón |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφᾱ́ sophā́ |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφούς sophoús |
σοφᾱ́ς sophā́s |
σοφᾰ́ sophá | |||||
| Vocative | σοφέ sophé |
σοφή sophḗ |
σοφόν sophón |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφᾱ́ sophā́ |
σοφώ sophṓ |
σοφοί sophoí |
σοφαί sophaí |
σοφᾰ́ sophá | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σοφῶς sophôs |
σοφώτερος sophṓteros |
σοφώτᾰτος sophṓtatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | |||||||||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- σοφός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σοφός 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
- G4680 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- able idem, page 2.
- acute idem, page 10.
- adroit idem, page 13.
- astute idem, page 48.
- capable idem, page 111.
- clever idem, page 137.
- deep idem, page 203.
- deft idem, page 206.
- dexterous idem, page 221.
- doctor idem, page 245.
- erudite idem, page 281.
- genius idem, page 357.
- good idem, page 366.
- intelligent idem, page 448.
- learned idem, page 483.
- philosopher idem, page 610.
- proficient idem, page 653.
- profound idem, page 653.
- sagacious idem, page 731.
- sage idem, page 731.
- savant idem, page 735.
- scholar idem, page 739.
- shrewd idem, page 770.
- skilful idem, page 780.
- thinker idem, page 867.
- wise idem, page 982.
- wiseacre idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós).
Adjective
σοφός • (sofós) m (feminine σοφή, neuter σοφό)
Declension
positive forms of σοφός
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | σοφός | σοφή | σοφό | σοφοί | σοφές | σοφά |
| genitive | σοφού | σοφής | σοφού | σοφών | σοφών | σοφών |
| accusative | σοφό | σοφή | σοφό | σοφούς | σοφές | σοφά |
| vocative | σοφέ | σοφή | σοφό | σοφοί | σοφές | σοφά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο σοφός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο σοφός (o pio sofós), etc.) | |||||
Noun
σοφός • (sofós) m (plural σοφοί)
Declension
Further reading
- σοφός in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
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