θεόσοφος

Ancient Greek

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

Inflection
Second declension of θεόσοφος; θεόσοφον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative θεόσοφος
theósophos		 θεόσοφον
theósophon		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεόσοφοι
theósophoi		 θεόσοφᾰ
theósopha
Genitive θεοσόφου
theosóphou		 θεοσόφου
theosóphou		 θεοσόφοιν
theosóphoin		 θεοσόφοιν
theosóphoin		 θεοσόφων
theosóphōn		 θεοσόφων
theosóphōn
Dative θεοσόφῳ
theosóphōi		 θεοσόφῳ
theosóphōi		 θεοσόφοιν
theosóphoin		 θεοσόφοιν
theosóphoin		 θεοσόφοις
theosóphois		 θεοσόφοις
theosóphois
Accusative θεόσοφον
theósophon		 θεόσοφον
theósophon		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεοσόφους
theosóphous		 θεόσοφᾰ
theósopha
Vocative θεόσοφε
theósophe		 θεόσοφον
theósophon		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεοσόφω
theosóphō		 θεόσοφοι
theósophoi		 θεόσοφᾰ
theósopha
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
θεοσόφως
theosóphōs		 θεοσοφώτερος
theosophṓteros		 θεοσοφώτᾰτος
theosophṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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.
    theósoph-os, on, wise in the things of God.
    (please add an English translation of this quote)
  • 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.
    theósoph-os, on, (sophós) wise in divine things.
    (please add an English translation of this quote)
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