θεοσόφως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”, adjective).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.só.pʰɔːs/ → /θe.oˈso.ɸos/ → /θe.oˈso.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.só.pʰɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈso.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈso.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈso.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈso.fos/

Adverb

θεοσόφως • (theosóphōs)

1. With knowledge in divine things.

Related terms

• θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā)
• θεόσοφος (theósophos)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεοσόφως”, 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
• Holzhausen, Jens (2011 May 10) “Theosophia”, in New Pauly‎^[1], Brill Online, archived from the original on 2015-03-13