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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

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

  • ἐπεὶ οἵ γε τοῖσ λόγοισ μόνοισ ἐγγεγυμνασμένοι σοφισταὶ ἂν εἰκότωσ μᾶλλον ἢ σοφοὶ καλοῖντο. (Lucian, (no name) 2:3)
  • οἱ δὲ ἄνδρεσ οὗτοι σοφισταὶ καὶ φιλόσοφοι πρὸσ ἡμῶν ὀνομάζονται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 22:2)
  • οἱ δὲ σκευάζοντεσ ἕκαστα σοφισταί τινεσ περὶ πέμματα καὶ χυμοὺσ ἔχοντεσ. (Lucian, 40:2)
  • εἰ δ’ ἐξ ἅπαντοσ ἀγαπᾶσ ἀσφάλειαν καὶ ἡσυχίαν, καὶ δέδιασ Ἀλκιβιάδην μὲν ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματοσ, ἐν δὲ Πύλῳ Λακεδαιμονίουσ, Περδίκκαν δ’ ἐν Θρᾴκῃ, πολλὴν εὐρυχωρίαν ἡ πόλισ ἔχει σχολῆσ ἐκ μέσου γενόμενον καθῆσθαι πλέκοντα τῆσ ἀταραξίασ σεαυτῷ στέφανον, ὡσ ἔνιοι σοφισταὶ λέγουσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, chapter 2 4:2)
  • ἓν μὲν αὐτοῖσιν οἱ σοφισταί εἰσι, πλήθεϊ μὲν μείουσ τῶν ἄλλων, δόξῃ δὲ καὶ τιμῇ γεραρώτατοι· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 11 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. One who is wise

  2. teacher

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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