Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σοφιστέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφιστέος σοφιστέη σοφιστέον

Structure: σοφιστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from sofi/zw

Sense

  1. one must contrive

Examples

  • φυλαί τε γὰρ ἕτεραι ποιητέαι πλείουσ καὶ φατρίαι, καὶ τὰ τῶν ἰδίων ἱερῶν συνακτέον εἰσ ὀλίγα καὶ κοινά, καὶ πάντα σοφιστέον ὅπωσ ἂν ὅτι μάλιστα ἀναμειχθῶσι πάντεσ ἀλλήλοισ, αἱ δὲ συνήθειαι διαζευχθῶσιν αἱ πρότερον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 69:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must contrive

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

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