theosophus

theosophus

See also: Theosophus

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective),[1][2][3][4]from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).[1][5]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.so.pʰus/, [t̪ʰeˈɔs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈo.so.fus/, [t̪eˈɔːs̬ofus]

Adjective

theosophus (feminine theosopha, neuter theosophum); first/second-declension adjective

1. theosophical
   • 999, Besly, Jean, quoting [s.n.], [manuscript with incipit:] Dum unusquisque mortali carne Circumdatus, quoted in "Ex tabulario burguliensi" in Histoire de comtes de Poictu et ducs de Guyenne, Paris: R. Bertault, published 1647, OCLC 466335978, page 268:

     Data mense Septembri […] anno […] 999. […] regnante Rotberto Rege Theosopho, anno 5. […]

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	theosophus	theosopha	theosophum		theosophī	theosophae	theosopha
Genitive	theosophī	theosophae	theosophī		theosophōrum	theosophārum	theosophōrum
Dative	theosophō		theosophō		theosophīs
Accusative	theosophum	theosopham	theosophum		theosophōs	theosophās	theosopha
Ablative	theosophō	theosophā	theosophō		theosophīs
Vocative	theosophe	theosopha	theosophum		theosophī	theosophae	theosopha

Noun

theosophus m (genitive theosophī); second declension

1. A theologian.[1][2]
2. A theosophist, theosopher.[6]
   • a. 880, Eriugena, Johannes Scotus, “Expositions super ierarchiam caelestem S. Dionysii”, in Heinrich Joseph Floss, editor, Joannis Scoti opera quae supersunt omnia, tome 1, Patrologiae cursus completus. series Latina, v. 122, Paris: J. P. Migne, published 1865, OCLC 793553875, page col. 159:

     Est, inquit, Theosophorum, caelestes virtutes, hoc est caeleslium virtulum imagines invenire per singula membra, ut judico, quibus multiplex partibilis nostri corporis harmonia constituia est. Dicentes, conspectivas quidem significare virtutes ipsum ad divina luminaria clarissimum respectum, hoc est, dum dicunt Theosophi, clarissimum oculorum nostrorum contuitum in divina luminaria, a Deo videlicet in caelo condita, significare contemplativas caelestium essentiarum virtutes.

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Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	theosophus	theosophī
Genitive	theosophī	theosophōrum
Dative	theosophō	theosophīs
Accusative	theosophum	theosophōs
Ablative	theosophō	theosophīs
Vocative	theosophe	theosophī

Related terms

• theosophicus

Descendants

• → English: theosoph[1]

References

• theosophus 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)

1. theosoph in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
2. "Theosophus", in Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Léopold Favre, et al. editors, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (in Latin), volume 8, ed. nova, aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre, 1887 [1st ed. 1678]. col. 097b. →OCLC
3. “theosoph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2015.
4. “théosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
5. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “theosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
6. theosophist in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “theosophus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,020/2