sophos

See also: Sophus and sophus

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, adjective). Compare to Latin sapiēns (adjective).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰos/, [ˈsɔ.pʰɔs]

Noun

sophos m (genitive sophī); second declension

  1. A wise man, a sage.
    • Martial Epigrams with an English translation by Walter C. A. Ker. In two volumes, I, 1919, page 444f. containing Marcus Valerius Martialis' epigramms VII, XXXII, 4:
      te sophos omnis amat
      you every philosopher holds dear
Declension

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sophos sophī
Genitive sophī sophōrum
Dative sophō sophīs
Accusative sophon sophōs
Ablative sophō sophīs
Vocative sophe sophī

References

  • "sophos", in James Bailey, ed., The universal Latin lexicon of Facciolauts and Forcellinus, new ed., London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1828, v. 2, p. 585. OCLC 755192329.
  • "sŏphŏs or sŏphŭs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. OCLC 870807716.
  • "Sophus", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. OCLC 463933035.
  • "Sŏphus (-ŏs)" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. OCLC 569568855.
  • sŏphos or sŏphus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "sŏphos or sŏphus", in George R. Crooks, Alexander J. Schem, eds., A new Latin-English school lexicon : on the basis of the Latin-German lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1867, p. 850. OCLC 680803499.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σοφῶς (sophôs, an exclamation of applause, adverb, literally cleverly, wisely).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰoːs/, [ˈsɔ.pʰoːs]

Adverb

sophōs (not comparable)

  1. An exclamation of approbation or praise; compare to bravo, to excellently, to well done, to well said, to wisely, and similar interjections.
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 40.1–2:
      "Sophos!" universi clamamus, et sublatis manibus ad camaram
    • c. 40 CEc. 102 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 3.46.8:
      at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos.
    • c. 430 CE – 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae 9.13.108–109:
      et adhuc sophos volutant fora, templa, rura, castra.
Usage notes

Not before Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE); Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE) used bene instead of it.

References

  • sŏphōs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sophos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sophos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • "sŏphōs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. OCLC 870807716.
  • "Sŏphōs", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. OCLC 463933035.
  • "Sŏphōs" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. OCLC 569568855.
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