- σοφός
- σοφόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `clever, skillful, able, shrewd, wise' (Hes. Fr. 193).Compounds: As 1st member a. o. in Σοφο-κλῆς; very often as 2nd member, e. g. φιλό-σοφος `friend of a σοφόν, who loves τὸ σοφόν, την σοφίαν, eager for knowledge, friend of the sciences, philosopher' (Heracleit., Att.) with φιλοσοφ-ία f. `(scientific) study, education, philosophy' (Att.; on the meaning Heyde Philosophia naturalis 7 [1961] 144 ff.), -έω `to be eager for knowledge, to study' (IA.); on ἐπί-σσοφος n. of a yearly changing official (Thera) s. ψέφει.Derivatives: σοφ-ία, Ion. -ίη f. `skilfulness, virtuosity, knowledge, cleverness, shrewdness, wisdom' (since O 412). Denom. verbs. 1. σοφίζομαι, also w. prefix, esp. κατα- `to practice a form of art, to think up, to concoct' (since Hes. Op. 649), -ίζω `to make smart, to instruct' (LXX, christ. lit.); from it σόφ-ισμα n. `(clever, cunning) concoction' (Pi., IA.), with -ισμάτιον, -ισματώδης, -ισματικός; -ισις f. (sch.); -ιστής m. "concoctor", `artist, learned man, teacher, sophist' (Pi., IA.) with -ίστρια, -ιστικός, -ιστήριον, -ιστεύω, -ιστεία. 2. σοφόω = σοφίζω (LXX). -- On σοφός and σοφία s. Snell Ausdrücke 1ff, B. Gladigow Sophia und Kosmos. Unters. zur Frühgesch. von σοφός und σοφίη (Spudasmata 1).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. Unsuccesful attempts at interpretation from IE Bq (a. o. Brugmann IF 16, 499 ff. w. lit.). Cf. Σίσυφος, also σάφα and ψέφει. - A word with this meaning is often substratum loan.Page in Frisk: 2,754-755
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.