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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

  • εἰπὲ γοῦν μοι καὶ τόδε, εἰ Βάσσοσ ὁ ὑμέτεροσ ἐκεῖνοσ σοφιστὴσ ἢ Βάταλοσ ὁ αὐλητὴσ ἢ ὁ κίναιδοσ Ἡμιθέων ὁ Συβαρίτησ, ὃσ τοὺσ θαυμαστοὺσ ὑμῖν νόμουσ συνέγραψεν, ὡσ χρὴ λεαίνεσθαι ^ καὶ παρατίλλεσθαι καὶ πάσχειν καὶ ποιεῖν ἐκεῖνα, ‐ εἰ τούτων τισ νυνὶ λεοντῆν περιβαλόμενοσ καὶ ῥόπαλον ἔχων βαδίζοι, τί οἰεί φανεῖσθαι ^ τοῖσ ὁρῶσιν; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 23:6)
  • ὅπερ ὕστερον κατανοήσαντεσ, ἐπίτομόν τινα ταύτην ὁδὸν ἐσ γνῶσιν, Ἱππίασ τε ὁ ἐπιχώριοσ αὐτῶν σοφιστὴσ καὶ Πρόδικοσ ὁ Κεῖοσ καὶ Ἀναξιμένησ ὁ Χῖοσ καὶ Πῶλοσ ὁ Ἀκραγαντῖνοσ καὶ ἄλλοι συχνοὶ λόγουσ ἔλεγον ἀεὶ καὶ αὐτοὶ πρὸσ τὴν πανήγυριν, ἀφ̓ ὧν γνώριμοι ἐν βραχεῖ ἐγίγνοντο. (Lucian, Herodotus 6:1)
  • πόθεν γὰρ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ σοφιστὴσ ἢ φιλόσοφοσ; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:6)
  • θρασὺσ γὰρ εἶ καὶ σοφιστήσ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 19:2)
  • τὸ μὲν ὅλον, ὦ Μίκυλλε, σοφιστὴσ ἄνθρωποσ ἦν χρὴ γάρ, οἶμαι, τἀληθῆ λέγειν ἄλλωσ δὲ οὐκ ἀπαίδευτοσ οὐδὲ ἀμελέτητοσ τῶν καλλίστων μαθημάτων· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. One who is wise

  2. teacher

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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