sophistes
Latin
Alternative forms
- sophista (all periods)
- sofista (Medieval Latin)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφῐστής (sophistḗs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /soˈpʰis.teːs/, [s̠ɔˈpʰɪs̠t̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /soˈfis.tes/, [soˈfist̪es]
Noun
sophistēs m (genitive sophistae); first declension
- a sophist
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sophistēs | sophistae |
| genitive | sophistae | sophistārum |
| dative | sophistae | sophistīs |
| accusative | sophistēn | sophistās |
| ablative | sophistē | sophistīs |
| vocative | sophistē | sophistae |
Related terms
References
- “sŏphistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SOPHISTÆ 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)
- “sophistēs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sŏphistēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,458/2.
- “sophistēs” on page 1,792 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sophista”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 975/2
- sophista in Ramminger, Johann (2024 November 12 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016