sophia

From the Ancient Greek σοφίᾱ (sophíā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰi.a/

sophia f (genitive sophiae); first declension

1. wisdom (often personified)

First declension.

• → Middle English: sophie
  • English: sophy

• sophia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sophia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sophia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sophia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• sophia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press