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 (genitive σοφίας) f, first declension; (sophiā)

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 σοφίᾱ, σοφίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σοφίᾱ	τὼ σοφίᾱ	αἱ σοφίαι
Genitive	τῆς σοφίᾱς	τοῖν σοφίαιν	τῶν σοφιῶν
Dative	τῇ σοφίᾳ	τοῖν σοφίαιν	ταῖς σοφίαις
Accusative	τὴν σοφίᾱν	τὼ σοφίᾱ	τὰς σοφίᾱς
Vocative	σοφίᾱ	σοφίᾱ	σοφίαι

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

declension of σοφία

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	σοφία	σοφίες
genitive (γενική)	σοφίας	—
accusative (αιτιατική)	σοφία	σοφίες
vocative (κλητική)	σοφία	σοφίες