θεοσοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.so.pʰí.aː/ → /θe.o.soˈɸi.a/ → /θe.o.soˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.so.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.soˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/

Noun

θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (theosophĭ́ā) 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 theosophĭ́ā	τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ theosophĭ́ā	αἱ θεοσοφῐ́αι hai theosophĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς tês theosophĭ́ās	τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν toîn theosophĭ́ain	τῶν θεοσοφῐῶν tôn theosophĭôn
Dative	τῇ θεοσοφῐ́ᾳ têi theosophĭ́āi	τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν toîn theosophĭ́ain	ταῖς θεοσοφῐ́αις taîs theosophĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θεοσοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn theosophĭ́ān	τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ theosophĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theosophĭ́ās
Vocative	θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ theosophĭ́ā	θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ theosophĭ́ā	θεοσοφῐ́αι theosophĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
• θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in the things of God”)

Further reading

• “θεοσοφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεοσοφία 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, page 436:

  θεοσοφία, ή, knowledge of things divine.

  theosophía, ḗ, knowledge of things divine.

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεοσοφία”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 578