θεοσοφία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.so.pʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.soˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.o.soˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.o.soˈfi.a/
Noun
θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • (theosophíā) f (genitive θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- 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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 680794857, page 436:
- θεοσοφία, ή, knowledge of things divine.
- theosophía, ḗ, knowledge of things divine.
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- 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