Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σοφόνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφόνους σοφόνουν

Structure: σοφονο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wise-minded

Examples

  • ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ ποίει καινὰ καὶ ἀλλόκοτα ὀνόματα καὶ νομοθέτει τὸν μὲν ἑρμηνεῦσαι δεινὸν εὔλεξιν καλεῖν, τὸν συνετὸν σοφόνουν, τὸν ὀρχηστὴν δὲ χειρίσοφον. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:26)

Synonyms

  1. wise-minded

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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