sophia

See also: Sophia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek σοφίᾱ (sophíā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰi.a/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.fi.a/, [ˈsɔːfiä]

Noun

sophia f (genitive sophiae); first declension

1. wisdom (often personified)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sophia	sophiae
Genitive	sophiae	sophiārum
Dative	sophiae	sophiīs
Accusative	sophiam	sophiās
Ablative	sophiā	sophiīs
Vocative	sophia	sophiae

Related terms

• sophisma
• sophismatius
• sophista / sophistēs
• sophisticē
• sophisticus
• sophos / sophus

Descendants

• → Middle English: sophie
  • English: sophy

References

• “sophia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sophia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sophia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sophia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “sophia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press