sophos

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, adjective). Compare to Latin sapiēns (adjective).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰos/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰɔs̠]

Noun

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sophos m (genitive sophī); second declension

  1. A wise man, a sage.
    • Martial Epigrams with an English translation by Walter C. A. Ker. In two volumes, I, 1919, page 444f. containing Marcus Valerius Martialis' epigramms VII, XXXII, 4:
      te sophos omnis amat
      you every philosopher holds dear
Declension
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Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sophos sophī
Genitive sophī sophōrum
Dative sophō sophīs
Accusative sophon sophōs
Ablative sophō sophīs
Vocative sophe sophī
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References

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  • "sophos", in James Bailey, ed., The universal Latin lexicon of Facciolauts and Forcellinus, new ed., London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1828, v. 2, p. 585. →OCLC.
  • "sŏphŏs or sŏphŭs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. →OCLC.
  • "Sophus", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. →OCLC.
  • "Sŏphus (-ŏs)" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. →OCLC.
  • sŏphos or sŏphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "sŏphos or sŏphus", in George R. Crooks, Alexander J. Schem, eds., A new Latin-English school lexicon : on the basis of the Latin-German lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1867, p. 850. →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek σοφῶς (sophôs, an exclamation of applause, adverb, literally cleverly, wisely).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰoːs/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰoːs̠]

Adverb

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sophōs (not comparable)

  1. An exclamation of approbation or praise; compare to bravo, to excellently, to well done, to well said, to wisely, and similar interjections.
Usage notes
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Not before Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE); Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE) used bene instead of it.

References

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  • sŏphōs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sophos 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)
  • sophos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "sŏphōs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. →OCLC.
  • "Sŏphōs", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. →OCLC.
  • "Sŏphōs" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. →OCLC.