θεοσοφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.so.pʰí.aː/ → /θe.o.soˈɸi.a/ → /θe.o.soˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.so.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.soˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/

Noun

θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (theosophíā) f (genitive θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Knowledge of divine things.
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.9
   • 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Platonic Theology 5.35
   • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 350

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ hē theosophíā	τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ theosophíā	αἱ θεοσοφῐ́αι hai theosophíai
Genitive	τῆς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς tês theosophíās	τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν toîn theosophíain	τῶν θεοσοφῐῶν tôn theosophiôn
Dative	τῇ θεοσοφῐ́ᾳ têi theosophíāi	τοῖν θεοσοφῐ́αιν toîn theosophíain	ταῖς θεοσοφῐ́αις taîs theosophíais
Accusative	τὴν θεοσοφῐ́ᾱν tḕn theosophíān	τὼ θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ tṑ theosophíā	τᾱ̀ς θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theosophíās
Vocative	θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ theosophíā	θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ theosophíā	θεοσοφῐ́αι theosophíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
• θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in the things of God”)

Further reading

• “θεοσοφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεοσοφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 1850, A copious Greek-English vocabulary : compiled from the best authorities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 436:

  θεοσοφία, ή, knowledge of things divine.

  theosophía, ḗ, knowledge of things divine.

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεοσοφία”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 578