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
- 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
Descendants
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