σόφισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σοφίζω (sophízō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /só.pʰiz.ma/ → /ˈso.ɸiz.ma/ → /ˈso.fiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /só.pʰiz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰiz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɸiz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.fiz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.fiz.ma/

Noun

σόφῐσμᾰ • (sóphisma) n (genitive σοφίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. clever device, ingenious contrivance
2. captious argument, sophism

   Synonym: σοφῐσμός (sophismós)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σόφῐσμᾰ; τοῦ σοφῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σόφῐσμᾰ tò sóphisma	τὼ σοφῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ sophísmate	τᾰ̀ σοφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà sophísmata
Genitive	τοῦ σοφῐ́σμᾰτος toû sophísmatos	τοῖν σοφῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn sophismátoin	τῶν σοφῐσμᾰ́των tôn sophismátōn
Dative	τῷ σοφῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi sophísmati	τοῖν σοφῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn sophismátoin	τοῖς σοφῐ́σμᾰσῐ / σοφῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs sophísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σόφῐσμᾰ tò sóphisma	τὼ σοφῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ sophísmate	τᾰ̀ σοφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà sophísmata
Vocative	σόφῐσμᾰ sóphisma	σοφῐ́σμᾰτε sophísmate	σοφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ sophísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σόφισμα (sófisma)
• → Latin: sophisma
  • Old French: soffime, sophisme
    • → Middle English: sophim
      • English: sophism
    • French: sophisme
• Sicilian: fìsima

Further reading

• “σόφισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σόφισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σόφισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • artifice idem, page 42.
  • cheat idem, page 127.
  • contrivance idem, page 170.
  • craft idem, page 181.
  • cunning idem, page 189.
  • deceit idem, page 200.
  • design idem, page 215.
  • device idem, page 220.
  • dodge idem, page 246.
  • expedient idem, page 293.
  • fallacy idem, page 304.
  • finesse idem, page 321.
  • guile idem, page 378.
  • ingenious idem, page 440.
  • invention idem, page 456.
  • machinery idem, page 506.
  • manœuvre idem, page 513.
  • pleading idem, page 619.
  • plot idem, page 621.
  • quibble idem, page 665.
  • resource idem, page 703.
  • scheme idem, page 739.
  • shift idem, page 765.
  • snare idem, page 788.
  • sophism idem, page 794.
  • stratagem idem, page 823.
  • trap idem, page 890.
  • trick idem, page 894.
  • weapon idem, page 970.
  • web idem, page 971.
  • wile idem, page 979.