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σοφός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφός

Structure: σοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. clever, skillful, cunning, able
  2. intelligent, wise, prudent

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative σοφός σοφή σόφον
Genitive σοφοῦ σοφῆς σόφου
Dative σοφῷ σοφῇ σόφῳ
Accusative σοφόν σοφήν σόφον
Vocative σοφέ σοφή σόφον
DualN/A/V σοφώ σοφᾱ́ σόφω
G/D σοφοῖν σοφαῖν σόφοιν
PluralNominative σοφοί σοφαί σόφα
Genitive σοφῶν σοφῶν σόφων
Dative σοφοῖς σοφαῖς σόφοις
Accusative σοφούς σοφᾱ́ς σόφα
Vocative σοφοί σοφαί σόφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective σοφός σοφοῦ σοφώτερος σοφωτεροῦ σοφώτατος σοφωτατοῦ
Adverb σόφως σοφώτερον σοφώτατα

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

  • μὴ ἀστόχει γυναικὸσ σοφῆσ καὶ ἀγαθῆσ, ἡ γὰρ χάρισ αὐτῆσ ὑπὲρ τὸ χρυσίον. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:19)
  • δεινόν γε, θνητοῖσ τοὺσ νόμουσ ὡσ οὐ καλῶσ ἔθηκεν ὁ θεὸσ οὐδ’ ἀπὸ γνώμησ σοφῆσ· (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 1:36)
  • εἶτ’ Ἀριφράδην πολύ τι θυμοσοφικώτατον, ὅντινά ποτ’ ὤμοσε μαθόντα παρὰ μηδενόσ, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ σοφῆσ φύσεοσ αὐτόματον ἐκμαθεῖν γλωττοποιεῖν ἐσ τὰ πορνεῖ’ εἰσιόνθ’ ἑκάστοτε. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, epirrheme4)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἐπεζάρει Σφὶγξ ἁρπαγαῖσι πόλιν ἐμόσ τ’ οὐκ ἦν πόσισ, Κρέων ἀδελφὸσ τἀμὰ κηρύσσει λέχη, ὅστισ σοφῆσ αἴνιγμα παρθένου μάθοι, τούτῳ ξυνάψειν λέκτρα. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 3:9)
  • ξείνω σοφῆσ ἀφ’ Ἑλλάδοσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Choral, lyric3)

Synonyms

  1. clever

  2. intelligent

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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