Sophus

See also: sophos and sophus

English

Proper noun

Sophus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

References

• ‘Sophus’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.

Anagrams

• Shoups

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Danish

Etymology

A less common spelling of Sofus, from the Latin cognomen Sophus, from Ancient Greek meaning "wisdom"; a masculine equivalent of Sophia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːfus/, [ˈsoːfus]

Proper noun

Sophus c

1. a male given name.

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Latin

Etymology

From sophus (“wise, sage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰus/, [ˈs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.fus/, [ˈsɔːfus]

Proper noun

Sophus m sg (genitive Sophī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Sempronius Sophus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sophus
Genitive	Sophī
Dative	Sophō
Accusative	Sophum
Ablative	Sophō
Vocative	Sophe

References

• “Sophus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sophus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.