πάνσοφος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πᾰ́σσοφος (pássophos)
Etymology
From παν- (pan-, “very, all”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).
Adjective
πᾰ́νσοφος • (pánsophos) m or f (neuter πᾰ́νσοφον); second declension
- very wise, very learned
Inflection
Second declension of πᾰ́νσοφος; πᾰ́νσοφον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πᾰ́νσοφος pánsophos | πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰ́νσοφοι pánsophoi | πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha | ||||||||
Genitive | πᾰνσόφου pansóphou | πᾰνσόφου pansóphou | πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin | πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin | πᾰνσόφων pansóphōn | πᾰνσόφων pansóphōn | ||||||||
Dative | πᾰνσόφῳ pansóphōi | πᾰνσόφῳ pansóphōi | πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin | πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin | πᾰνσόφοις pansóphois | πᾰνσόφοις pansóphois | ||||||||
Accusative | πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon | πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰνσόφους pansóphous | πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha | ||||||||
Vocative | πᾰ́νσοφε pánsophe | πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰνσόφω pansóphō | πᾰ́νσοφοι pánsophoi | πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πᾰνσόφως pansóphōs | πᾰνσοφώτερος pansophṓteros | πᾰνσοφώτᾰτος pansophṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- πᾰντόσοφος (pantósophos, “most clever”)
Related terms
- ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
- ἄσοφος (ásophos, “foolish”)
- αὐτόσοφος (autósophos, “with mother-wit”)
- ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphilosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
- δῐᾰ́σοφος (diásophos, “very wise”)
- ἔνσοφος (énsophos, “wise in”)
- ἡμῐ́σοφος (hēmísophos, “half-wise”)
- μωρόσοφος (mōrósophos, “foolishly wise, sapient fool”)
- πολῠ́σοφος (polúsophos, “very wise”)
- σοφῐβόλος (sophibólos, “stupid”)
- σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
- τρῐ́σοφος (trísophos, “thrice wise: very wise”)
- ῠ̔πέρσοφος (hupérsophos, “exceedingly wise”)
- ῠ̔πόσοφος (hupósophos, “sub-scientific”)
- and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”)
References
- “πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πάνσοφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- all-wise idem, page 22.
- clever idem, page 137.
- omniscient idem, page 573.
- wise idem, page 982.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpansofos/
- Hyphenation: πάν‧σο‧φος
Adjective
πάνσοφος • (pánsofos) m (feminine πάνσοφη, neuter πάνσοφο)
- omniscient, all-knowing, pansophic
- very learned or wise
Declension
Declension of πάνσοφος
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | πάνσοφος • | πάνσοφη • | πάνσοφο • | πάνσοφοι • | πάνσοφες • | πάνσοφα • |
genitive | πάνσοφου • | πάνσοφης • | πάνσοφου • | πάνσοφων • | πάνσοφων • | πάνσοφων • |
accusative | πάνσοφο • | πάνσοφη • | πάνσοφο • | πάνσοφους • | πάνσοφες • | πάνσοφα • |
vocative | πάνσοφε • | πάνσοφη • | πάνσοφο • | πάνσοφοι • | πάνσοφες • | πάνσοφα • |
Synonyms
- παντογνώστης (pantognóstis)
Related terms
- πάνσοφα (pánsofa, “most wisely, omnisciently”, adverb)
- πανσοφία f (pansofía, “omniscience”)
- πανσόφως (pansófos, “most wisely, omnisciently”, adverb) (formal)
- and see at σοφός