theosophus

See also: Theosophus

Latin

From Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective),^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).^[1]^[5]

theosophus (feminine theosopha, neuter theosophum); first/second-declension adjective

theosophical
- 999, Jean Besly, quoting [s.n.], [manuscript with incipit:] Dum unusquisque mortali carne Circumdatus, quoted in "Ex tabulario burguliensi" in Histoire de comtes de Poictu et ducs de Guyenne, Paris: R. Bertault, published 1647, →OCLC, page 268:
  Data mense Septembri […] anno […] 999. […] regnante Rotberto Rege Theosopho, anno 5. […]
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	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	theosophus	theosopha	theosophum	theosophī	theosophae	theosopha
genitive	theosophī	theosophae	theosophī	theosophōrum	theosophārum	theosophōrum
dative	theosophō	theosophae	theosophō	theosophīs
accusative	theosophum	theosopham	theosophum	theosophōs	theosophās	theosopha
ablative	theosophō	theosophā	theosophō	theosophīs
vocative	theosophe	theosopha	theosophum	theosophī	theosophae	theosopha

theosophus m (genitive theosophī); second declension

A theologian.^[1]^[2]
A theosophist, theosopher.^[6]
- a. 880, Johannes Scotus Eriugena, “Expositions super ierarchiam caelestem S. Dionysii”, in Heinrich Joseph Floss, editor, Joannis Scoti opera quae supersunt omnia, tome 1, Patrologiae cursus completus. series Latina, v. 122, Paris: J. P. Migne, published 1865, →OCLC, page col. 159:
  Est, inquit, Theosophorum, caelestes virtutes, hoc est caeleslium virtulum imagines invenire per singula membra, ut judico, quibus multiplex partibilis nostri corporis harmonia constituia est. Dicentes, conspectivas quidem significare virtutes ipsum ad divina luminaria clarissimum respectum, hoc est, dum dicunt Theosophi, clarissimum oculorum nostrorum contuitum in divina luminaria, a Deo videlicet in caelo condita, significare contemplativas caelestium essentiarum virtutes.
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theosophus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 “theosoph”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Theosophus", in Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Léopold Favre, et al. editors, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (in Latin), volume 8, ed. nova, aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre, 1887 [1st ed. 1678]. col. 097b. →OCLC
^ “theosoph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2015.
^ “théosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “theosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ theosophist in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “theosophus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,020/2