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

  • ὅστισ δὲ ἰδίᾳ θύει, ἐξηγητὴσ αὐτῷ τῆσ θυσίησ τῶν τισ σοφιστέων τούτων γίνεται, ὡσ οὐκ ἄν ἄλλωσ κεχαρισμένα τοῖσι θεοῖσι θύσαντι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 11 3:1)

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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