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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative σοφιστέος σοφιστέ́ᾱ σοφιστέον
Genitive σοφιστέου σοφιστέ́ᾱς σοφιστέου
Dative σοφιστέῳ σοφιστέ́ᾱͅ σοφιστέῳ
Accusative σοφιστέον σοφιστέ́ᾱν σοφιστέον
Vocative σοφιστέε σοφιστέ́ᾱ σοφιστέον
DualN/A/V σοφιστέω σοφιστέ́ᾱ σοφιστέω
G/D σοφιστέοιν σοφιστέ́αιν σοφιστέοιν
PluralNominative σοφιστέοι σοφιστέ́αι σοφιστέα
Genitive σοφιστέων σοφιστέῶν σοφιστέων
Dative σοφιστέοις σοφιστέ́αις σοφιστέοις
Accusative σοφιστέους σοφιστέ́ᾱς σοφιστέα
Vocative σοφιστέοι σοφιστέ́αι σοφιστέα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective σοφιστέος σοφιστέου σοφιστεώτερος σοφιστεωτέρου σοφιστεώτατος σοφιστεωτάτου
Adverb σοφιστέως σοφιστεώτερον σοφιστεώτατα

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

  • 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)
  • 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

Similar forms

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

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