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σοφιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφιστής σοφιστοῦ

Structure: σοφιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: sofi/zomai

Sense

  1. A master of one's craft
  2. One who is wise, prudent, a philosopher
  3. teacher, tutor
  4. (slang)(pejorative) One who makes a profit off of false wisdom: cheat, swindler

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σοφιστής σοφιστᾱ́ σοφισταί
Genitive σοφιστοῦ σοφισταῖν σοφιστῶν
Dative σοφιστῇ σοφισταῖν σοφισταῖς
Accusative σοφιστήν σοφιστᾱ́ σοφιστᾱ́ς
Vocative σοφιστά σοφιστᾱ́ σοφισταί

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

  • σὺ δέ, ὦ σοφιστά, ἐν τοῖσ καπηλείοισ συναναφύρῃ οὐ μετὰ ἑταίρων ἀλλὰ μετὰ ἑταιρῶν, μαστροπευούσασ περὶ σαυτὸν οὐκ ὀλίγασ ἔχων καὶ περιφέρων αἰεὶ τοιαυτὶ βιβλία Ἀριστοφάνουσ καὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου καὶ Ἀμμωνίου καὶ Ἀντιφάνουσ, ἔτι δὲ Γοργίου τοῦ Ἀθηναίου, πάντων τούτων συγγεγραφότων περὶ τῶν Ἀθήνησι Ἑταιρίδων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 21 2:1)
  • καὶ ἀνάσχου μέντοι, ὦ σοφιστά, ἐλεγχόμενοσ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. One who is wise

  2. teacher

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