θεόσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “a god, God”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skilled, wise”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.so.pʰos/ → /θeˈo.so.ɸos/ → /θeˈo.so.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.so.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.so.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.so.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.so.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.so.fos/

Adjective

θεόσοφος • (theósophos) m or f (neuter θεόσοφον); second declension

1. wise in divine things
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.35
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, 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

• θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
• θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā)

Descendants

• → Italian: teosofo
• → Spanish: teósofo

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, 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 quotation)

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεόσοφος”, 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