Ancient Greek dictionary · noun
σοφία
skill in a craft or art
Transliteration: sophia
Dictionary forms: σοφῐ́ᾱ, σοφῐ́ᾱς
Inflection: first declension
Meaning and definitions
- skill in a craft or art
- sound judgment; good sense
- wisdom; higher learning
Connected roots
- soph-
wisdom, skill
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- philosophy
the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
- sophisticated
having refined worldly knowledge or experience; complex
- sophomore
a second-year student
- theosophy
a philosophy holding that knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual insight
Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| σοφῐ́ᾱ | nom. sg. |
| σοφῐ́αι | nom. pl. |
| σοφῐ́ᾱς | gen. sg. |
| σοφῐῶν | gen. pl. |
| σοφῐ́ᾳ | dat. sg. |
| σοφῐ́αις | dat. pl. |
| σοφῐ́ᾱν | acc. sg. |
| σοφῐ́ᾱς | acc. pl. |
| σοφῐ́ᾱ | voc. sg. |
| σοφῐ́αι | voc. pl. |
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