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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

  • εἶτα φοβηθεὶσ μὴ συντριβείην ἐν τοσαύτῃ τύρβῃ, ἐπεὶ καὶ πολλοὺσ τοῦτο πάσχοντασ ἑώρων, ἀπῆλθον μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσασ θανατιῶντι σοφιστῇ τὸν ἐπιτάφιον ἑαυτοῦ πρὸ τελευτῆσ διεξιόντι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 12:4)
  • περῶσα γὰρ δὴ ποταμίουσ διὰ ῥοὰσ λέκτροισ ἐπλάθην Στρυμόνοσ φυταλμίοισ, ὅτ’ ἤλθομεν γῆσ χρυσόβωλον ἐσ λέπασ Πάγγαιον ὀργάνοισιν ἐξησκημέναι Μοῦσαι μεγίστην εἰσ ἔριν μελῳδίασ κείνῳ σοφιστῇ Θρῃκί, κἀκτυφλώσαμεν Θάμυριν, ὃσ ἡμῶν πόλλ’ ἐδέννασεν τέχνην. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:3)
  • καὶ ταῦτα ἔπραξα βάρβαροσ ὢν καὶ ἀπαίδευτοσ παιδείασ τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ καὶ οὔτε Ὅμηρον ὥσπερ οὗτοσ ῥαψῳδῶν οὔτε ὑπ̓ Ἀριστοτέλει τῷ σοφιστῇ παιδευθείσ, μόνῃ δὲ τῇ φύσει ἀγαθῇ χρησάμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 8:1)
  • περὶ Ἰταλικῶν οἴνων φησὶν ὁ παρὰ τούτῳ τῷ σοφιστῇ Γαληνόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 481)
  • εἰσὶ σὲ καὶ μαντικῆσ οὗτοι μοῦνοι Ἰνδῶν δαήμονεσ, οὐδὲ ἐπεῖται ἄλλῳ μαντεύεσθαι ὅτι μὴ σοφιστῇ ἀνδρί. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 11 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. One who is wise

  2. teacher

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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