σοφιστεύω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom σοφῐστής (sophistḗs, “sophist”) + -εύω (-eúō, “denominative verb-forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.pʰis.těu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.pʰisˈte.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.ɸisˈte.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.fisˈte.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.fisˈte.vo/
Verb
editσοφῐστεύω • (sophisteúō)
- to play the sophist, argue as one
- to practise the profession of sophist, give lectures
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar :
- ἔπλευσεν εἰς Ῥόδον ἐπὶ σχολὴν πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν τοῦ Μόλωνος, οὗ καὶ Κικέρων ἠκρόατο, σοφιστεύοντος ἐπιφανῶς
- épleusen eis Rhódon epì skholḕn pròs Apollṓnion tòn toû Mólōnos, hoû kaì Kikérōn ēkróato, sophisteúontos epiphanôs
- he went by boat to Rhodes, to the School of Appolonius son of Molon, whom Cicero has attended too, as he was famous for his teaching.
- ἔπλευσεν εἰς Ῥόδον ἐπὶ σχολὴν πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν τοῦ Μόλωνος, οὗ καὶ Κικέρων ἠκρόατο, σοφιστεύοντος ἐπιφανῶς
Inflection
edit Present: σοφιστεύω
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σοφιστεύω | σοφιστεύεις | σοφιστεύει | σοφιστεύετον | σοφιστεύετον | σοφιστεύομεν | σοφιστεύετε | σοφιστεύουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | σοφιστεύω | σοφιστεύῃς | σοφιστεύῃ | σοφιστεύητον | σοφιστεύητον | σοφιστεύωμεν | σοφιστεύητε | σοφιστεύωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σοφιστεύοιμῐ | σοφιστεύοις | σοφιστεύοι | σοφιστεύοιτον | σοφιστευοίτην | σοφιστεύοιμεν | σοφιστεύοιτε | σοφιστεύοιεν | |||||
imperative | σοφίστευε | σοφιστευέτω | σοφιστεύετον | σοφιστευέτων | σοφιστεύετε | σοφιστευόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | σοφιστεύειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | σοφιστεύων | |||||||||||
f | σοφιστεύουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | σοφιστεῦον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐσοφίστευον
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσοφίστευον | ἐσοφίστευες | ἐσοφίστευε(ν) | ἐσοφιστεύετον | ἐσοφιστευέτην | ἐσοφιστεύομεν | ἐσοφιστεύετε | ἐσοφίστευον | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐσοφίστευσᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσοφίστευσᾰ | ἐσοφίστευσᾰς | ἐσοφίστευσε(ν) | ἐσοφιστεύσᾰτον | ἐσοφιστευσᾰ́την | ἐσοφιστεύσᾰμεν | ἐσοφιστεύσᾰτε | ἐσοφίστευσᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | σοφιστεύσω | σοφιστεύσῃς | σοφιστεύσῃ | σοφιστεύσητον | σοφιστεύσητον | σοφιστεύσωμεν | σοφιστεύσητε | σοφιστεύσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σοφιστεύσαιμῐ | σοφιστεύσειᾰς, σοφιστεύσαις |
σοφιστεύσειε(ν), σοφιστεύσαι |
σοφιστεύσαιτον | σοφιστευσαίτην | σοφιστεύσαιμεν | σοφιστεύσαιτε | σοφιστεύσειᾰν, σοφιστεύσαιεν | |||||
imperative | σοφίστευσον | σοφιστευσᾰ́τω | σοφιστεύσᾰτον | σοφιστευσᾰ́των | σοφιστεύσᾰτε | σοφιστευσᾰ́ντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | σοφιστεῦσαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | σοφιστεύσᾱς | |||||||||||
f | σοφιστεύσᾱσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | σοφιστεῦσᾰν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
edit- σοφῐστῐάω (sophistiáō, “play the sophist”)
- σοφῐ́ζω (sophízō, “make wise, instruct, devise”), σοφῐ́ζομαι
- σοφόω (sophóō, “σοφίζω, make wise, instruct, devise”)
Derived terms
edit- σοφῐ́στευμᾰ n (sophísteuma, “skill, method, σόφισμα”)
Compounds:
- ἀντισοφῐστεύω (antisophisteúō)
- ἐνσοφῐστεύω (ensophisteúō, “trick like a sophist”)
- κᾰτᾰσοφῐστεύω (katasophisteúō, “outwit by sophisms”)
- ῠ̔περσοφῐστεύω (hupersophisteúō, “be an arch-sophist”)
Related terms
edit- σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
- σοφῐστείᾱ f (sophisteíā, “sophistry”)
and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”)
Further reading
edit- “σοφιστεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σοφιστεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers