σοφία

See also: Σοφία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σοφῐ́η (sophíē) – Ionic

Etymology

From σοφός (sophós, “skilled in handcrafts; clever”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σοφῐ́ᾱ • (sophíā) f (genitive σοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
  2. skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
  3. knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σοφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σοφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σοφῐ́ᾱ
hē sophíā		 τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sophíā		 αἱ σοφῐ́αι
hai sophíai
Genitive τῆς σοφῐ́ᾱς
tês sophíās		 τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν
toîn sophíain		 τῶν σοφῐῶν
tôn sophiôn
Dative τῇ σοφῐ́ᾳ
têi sophíāi		 τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν
toîn sophíain		 ταῖς σοφῐ́αις
taîs sophíais
Accusative τὴν σοφῐ́ᾱν
tḕn sophíān		 τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sophíā		 τᾱ̀ς σοφῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s sophíās
Vocative σοφῐ́ᾱ
sophíā		 σοφῐ́ᾱ
sophíā		 σοφῐ́αι
sophíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • ἀσοφῐ́ᾱ f (asophíā, “folly, stupidity”)
  • αὐτοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (autosophíā, “authentic wisdom”)
  • ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (aphilosophíā, “contempt for philosophy”)
  • δοξοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (doxosophíā, “conceit of wisdom”)
  • δοκησῐσοφῐ́ᾱ f (dokēsisophíā, “conceit of wisdom”)
  • θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”)
  • Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σειρᾰ́χ f (Sophíā Seirákh, “Ecclesiasticus”)
  • Σοφῐ́ᾱ Σολομῶντος f (Sophíā Solomôntos, “Wisdom of Solomon”)
  • φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (philosophíā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
  • ψευδοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (pseudosophíā, “false wisdom”)
→
  • ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
  • σεσοφῐσμένως (sesophisménōs, “cunningly”, adverb)
  • σοφῐ́ζω (sophízō, “make wise, instruct, devise”), σοφῐ́ζομαι
  • σόφῐσμᾰ n (sóphisma, “skill, method”)
  • σοφῐστεύω (sophisteúō, “play the sophist; teach, give lectures”)
  • σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”) and -ιστ derivatives
  • σοφόω (sophóō, “σοφίζω, make wise, instruct, devise”)

and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”)

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /soˈfi.a/
  • Hyphenation: σο‧φί‧α

Noun

σοφία • (sofía) f (plural σοφίες)

  1. wisdom
  2. (plural, ironic): denoting a speaker's statements as anything but smart, important, etc.

Declension
declension of σοφία
singular plural
nominative σοφία • σοφίες •
genitive σοφίας • —
accusative σοφία • σοφίες •
vocative σοφία • σοφίες •

Synonyms
  • εξυπνάδα f (exypnáda, “cleverness”)
  • ευφυΐα f (effyḯa, “intelligence”)

Antonyms
  • αμπελοφιλοσοφία f (ampelofilosofía, “silly, consequential theory, inferior philosophy”)
  • δοκησισοφία f (dokisisofía, “conceit of wisdom”)
  • θυμοσοφία f (thymosofía, “mother wit, practical wisdom”)
  • Σοφία f (Sofía, “female name: wisdom”)
  • σόφισμα n (sófisma, “sophism”)
  • σοφιστεία f (sofisteía, “sophistry”)
  • φιλοσοφία f (filosofía, “philosophy”) and derivatives
  • and see at σοφός

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