sophisma
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /soˈpʰis.ma/, [s̠ɔˈpʰɪs̠mä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /soˈfis.ma/, [soˈfizmä]
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σόφῐσμᾰ (sóphisma).
Noun edit
sophisma n (genitive sophismatis); third declension
- a false conclusion, a fallacy, a sophism
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sophisma.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sophisma | sophismata |
| Genitive | sophismatis | sophismatum |
| Dative | sophismatī | sophismatibus |
| Accusative | sophisma | sophismata |
| Ablative | sophismate | sophismatibus |
| Vocative | sophisma | sophismata |
Synonyms edit
- (false conclusion, fallacy, sophism): captiō (Pure Latin)
Derived terms edit
- sophismatius
- sophismatulum (New Latin)
Related terms edit
- sophismaticō (Mediaeval Latin)
- sophismaticus (New Latin)
- sophismation
- sophismatizō (New Latin)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sŏphisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sŏphisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,458/1.
- “sophisma” on page 1,792/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps the same as sophisma n, above.
Noun edit
sophisma f (genitive sophismae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sophisma | sophismae |
| Genitive | sophismae | sophismārum |
| Dative | sophismae | sophismīs |
| Accusative | sophismam | sophismās |
| Ablative | sophismā | sophismīs |
| Vocative | sophisma | sophismae |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- SOPHISMA 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)