Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μετεωροσοφιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μετεωροσοφιστής μετεωροσοφιστοῦ

Structure: μετεωροσοφιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. an astrological sophist

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἄλλῳ γ’ ὑπακούσαιμεν τῶν νῦν μετεωροσοφιστῶν πλὴν ἢ Προδίκῳ, τῷ μὲν σοφίασ καὶ γνώμησ οὕνεκα, σοὶ δέ, ὅτι βρενθύει τ’ ἐν ταῖσιν ὁδοῖσ καὶ τὠφθαλμὼ παραβάλλεισ, κἀνυπόδητοσ κακὰ πόλλ’ ἀνέχει κἀφ’ ἡμῖν σεμνοπροσωπεῖσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests4)

Synonyms

  1. an astrological sophist

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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