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σοφίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφίᾱ σοφίας

Structure: σοφι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
  2. skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
  3. knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὄχλον, οὗ σοφίαι μυρίαι κάθηνται φιλοτιμότεραι Κλεοφῶντοσ, ἐφ’ οὗ δὴ χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοισ δεινὸν ἐπιβρέμεται Θρῃκία χελιδὼν ἐπὶ βάρβαρον ἑζομένη πέταλον· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parabasis, strophe3)
  • σοφίαι μὲν αἰπειναί· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 9 28:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ τὴν περὶ τὰ ὠφέλιμα τὰ αὑτοῖσ ἐροῦσι σοφίαν, πολλαὶ ἔσονται σοφίαι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 49:4)
  • αἱ δ’ ἄλλαι δεινότητέσ τε δοκοῦσαι καὶ σοφίαι ἐν μὲν πολιτικαῖσ δυναστείαισ γιγνόμεναι φορτικαί, ἐν δὲ τέχναισ βάναυσοι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 209:3)

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