σοφία

§Ancient Greek

§Alternative forms

• σοφίη (Ionic)

§Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /sopʰí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /sopʰíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /soɸía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /sofía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /sofía/

§Noun

σοφία • (sophía) (genitive σοφίας) f, first declension

1. skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
2. skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
3. knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom

§Inflection

First declension of σοφῐ́ᾱ, σοφῐ́ᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σοφῐ́ᾱ	τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ	αἱ σοφῐ́αι
Genitive	τῆς σοφῐ́ᾱς	τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν	τῶν σοφῐῶν
Dative	τῇ σοφῐ́ᾳ	τοῖν σοφῐ́αιν	ταῖς σοφῐ́αις
Accusative	τὴν σοφῐ́ᾱν	τὼ σοφῐ́ᾱ	τὰς σοφῐ́ᾱς
Vocative	σοφῐ́ᾱ	σοφῐ́ᾱ	σοφῐ́αι

§Related terms

• σοφός

§Descendants

• philosophy
• sophistication
• sophistry
• Sophia

§References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G4678

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§Greek

§Noun

σοφία • (sofía) f (plural σοφίες)

1. wisdom
2. (plural, ironic): denoting a speaker's statements as anything but smart, important, etc.

§Declension

σοφία (sofía)

	singular	plural
nominative	σοφία	σοφίες
genitive	σοφίας	—
accusative	σοφία	σοφίες
vocative	σοφία	σοφίες