σοφιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σοφίζω (sophízō, “to become wise”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σοφῐστής • (sophistḗs) m (genitive σοφῐστοῦ); first declension

(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
  1. A master of one's craft
  2. One who is wise, prudent, a philosopher
  3. teacher, tutor
  4. (slang, derogatory) One who makes a profit off of false wisdom: cheat, swindler

Usage notes

The reputation of the teachers at Athens came into decline in the fifth century BC, and thus came the connotation of cheat. This varies with time in relation to the general approval or disapproval of the paid teachers.

Inflection
First declension of ὁ σοφῐστής; τοῦ σοφῐστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σοφῐστής
ho sophistḗs		 τὼ σοφῐστᾱ́
tṑ sophistā́		 οἱ σοφῐσταί
hoi sophistaí
Genitive τοῦ σοφῐστοῦ
toû sophistoû		 τοῖν σοφῐσταῖν
toîn sophistaîn		 τῶν σοφῐστῶν
tôn sophistôn
Dative τῷ σοφῐστῇ
tôi sophistêi		 τοῖν σοφῐσταῖν
toîn sophistaîn		 τοῖς σοφῐσταῖς
toîs sophistaîs
Accusative τὸν σοφῐστήν
tòn sophistḗn		 τὼ σοφῐστᾱ́
tṑ sophistā́		 τοὺς σοφῐστᾱ́ς
toùs sophistā́s
Vocative σοφῐστᾰ́
sophistá		 σοφῐστᾱ́
sophistā́		 σοφῐσταί
sophistaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • ἀκᾰτᾰσόφῐστος (akatasóphistos, “not to be put down by fallacies”)
  • ἀντισοφῐστής m (antisophistḗs, “who seeks to refute”)
  • ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
  • γυμνοσοφῐσταί m pl (gumnosophistaí, “naked philosophers, gymnosophists”)
  • γυμνοσοφῐστῐ́ᾱ f (gumnosophistíā, “wisdom of gymnosophists”)
  • δειπνοσοφῐστής m (deipnosophistḗs, “learned in the mysteries of the kitchen”), Δειπνοσοφισταί m pl (Deipnosophistaí, “title of work by Athenaeus”)
  • ἰᾱτροσοφῐστής m (iātrosophistḗs, “professor of medicine”)
  • ἰᾱτροφῐλόσοφος m (iātrophilósophos, “scientific doctor”)
  • μεγᾰλοσοφῐστής m (megalosophistḗs, “μέγας (great) σοφιστής”)
  • μετεωροσοφῐστής m (meteōrosophistḗs, “astronomical sophist”)
  • σοφῐστορήτωρ m (sophistorḗtōr, “σοφιστὴς sophist and ῥήτωρ orator”)
  • σοφῐ́στρῐᾰ f (sophístria, “feminine of σοφιστής”)
  • ῠ̔περσοφῐστής m (hupersophistḗs, “arch-sophist”)
  • ψευδοσοφῐστής m (pseudosophistḗs, “sham-sophist”)

and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”)

→
  • ἀκᾰτᾰσόφῐστος (akatasóphistos, “not to be put down by fallacies”)
  • ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
  • κᾰτᾰσοφῐσμός m (katasophismós, “outwitting, trickery”)
  • πᾰρᾰσόφῐσμᾰ n (parasóphisma, “additional invention”)
  • σεσοφῐσμένως (sesophisménōs, “cunningly”, adverb)
  • σοφῐ́ᾱ f (sophíā, “skill, wisdom”)
  • σοφῐβόλος (sophibólos, “stupid”)
  • σοφῐ́ζω (sophízō, “make wise, instruct, devise”), σοφῐ́ζομαι and derivatives
  • σόφῐσμᾰ n (sóphisma, “skill, method”)
  • σοφῐσμᾰτῐκός (sophismatikós, “sophistical”)
  • σοφῐσμάτιον n (sophismátion, “diminutive of σόφισμα”)
  • σοφῐσματώδης (sophismatṓdēs, “sophistical”)
  • σοφῐσμός m (sophismós, “skill, method, σόφισμα”)
  • σοφῐστείᾱ f (sophisteíā, “sophistry”)
  • σοφῐστέον (sophistéon, “one must contrive”)
  • σοφῐστέος (sophistéos, “one must contrive”)
  • σοφῐ́στευμᾰ n (sophísteuma, “skill, method, σόφισμα”)
  • σοφῐστεύω (sophisteúō, “play the sophist; teach, give lectures”) and derivatives
  • σοφῐστήρῐον n (sophistḗrion, “school of sophistry”)
  • σοφῐστῐάω (sophistiáō, “play the sophist”)
  • σοφῐστῐκός (sophistikós, “of a sophist”)
  • σοφόω (sophóō, “σοφίζω, make wise, instruct, devise”)
  • φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (philosophíā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
  • φῐλόσοφος m (philósophos, “lover of wisdom, philosopher”)

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