σοφιστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σοφιστής (sophistḗs) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /so.pʰis.ti.kós/ → /so.ɸis.tiˈkos/ → /so.fis.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.pʰis.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰis.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸis.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.fis.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.fis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

σοφιστῐκός • (sophistĭkós) m (feminine σοφιστῐκή, neuter σοφιστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for a sophist
2. like a sophist, sophistical

Declension

First and second declension of σοφῐστῐκός; σοφῐστῐκή; σοφῐστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σοφῐστῐκός sophĭstĭkós	σοφῐστῐκή sophĭstĭkḗ	σοφῐστῐκόν sophĭstĭkón		σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ	σοφῐστῐκᾱ́ sophĭstĭkā́	σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ		σοφῐστῐκοί sophĭstĭkoí	σοφῐστῐκαί sophĭstĭkaí	σοφῐστῐκᾰ́ sophĭstĭkắ
Genitive		σοφῐστῐκοῦ sophĭstĭkoû	σοφῐστῐκῆς sophĭstĭkês	σοφῐστῐκοῦ sophĭstĭkoû		σοφῐστῐκοῖν sophĭstĭkoîn	σοφῐστῐκαῖν sophĭstĭkaîn	σοφῐστῐκοῖν sophĭstĭkoîn		σοφῐστῐκῶν sophĭstĭkôn	σοφῐστῐκῶν sophĭstĭkôn	σοφῐστῐκῶν sophĭstĭkôn
Dative		σοφῐστῐκῷ sophĭstĭkôi	σοφῐστῐκῇ sophĭstĭkêi	σοφῐστῐκῷ sophĭstĭkôi		σοφῐστῐκοῖν sophĭstĭkoîn	σοφῐστῐκαῖν sophĭstĭkaîn	σοφῐστῐκοῖν sophĭstĭkoîn		σοφῐστῐκοῖς sophĭstĭkoîs	σοφῐστῐκαῖς sophĭstĭkaîs	σοφῐστῐκοῖς sophĭstĭkoîs
Accusative		σοφῐστῐκόν sophĭstĭkón	σοφῐστῐκήν sophĭstĭkḗn	σοφῐστῐκόν sophĭstĭkón		σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ	σοφῐστῐκᾱ́ sophĭstĭkā́	σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ		σοφῐστῐκούς sophĭstĭkoús	σοφῐστῐκᾱ́ς sophĭstĭkā́s	σοφῐστῐκᾰ́ sophĭstĭkắ
Vocative		σοφῐστῐκέ sophĭstĭké	σοφῐστῐκή sophĭstĭkḗ	σοφῐστῐκόν sophĭstĭkón		σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ	σοφῐστῐκᾱ́ sophĭstĭkā́	σοφῐστῐκώ sophĭstĭkṓ		σοφῐστῐκοί sophĭstĭkoí	σοφῐστῐκαί sophĭstĭkaí	σοφῐστῐκᾰ́ sophĭstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σοφῐστῐκῶς sophĭstĭkôs				σοφῐστῐκώτερος sophĭstĭkṓteros				σοφῐστῐκώτᾰτος sophĭstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: sophisticus
  • → English: sophistic
  • → French: sophistique
  • → Polish: sofistyka

Further reading

• σοφιστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σοφιστικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “σοφιστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • captious idem, page 112.
  • carping idem, page 114.
  • casuistical idem, page 117.
  • sophistical idem, page 794.