θεοσοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (theosophíā) f (genitive θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Knowledge of divine things.
    • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.9
    • 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Platonic Theology 5.35
    • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 350

Inflection
First declension of ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
hē theosophíā		 τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ theosophíā		 αἱ θεοσοφῐ́αι
hai theosophíai
Genitive τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς
tês theosophíās		 τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν
toîn theosophíain		 τῶν θεοσοφῐῶν
tôn theosophiôn
Dative τῇ θεοσοφῐ́ᾳ
têi theosophíāi		 τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν
toîn theosophíain		 ταῖς θεοσοφῐ́αις
taîs theosophíais
Accusative τὴν θεοσοφῐ́ᾱν
tḕn theosophíān		 τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ theosophíā		 τᾱ̀ς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s theosophíās
Vocative θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
theosophíā		 θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ
theosophíā		 θεοσοφῐ́αι
theosophíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
  • θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in the things of God”)

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