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1 Ancient Greek
2 Greek
- 2.1 Noun

Ancient Greek

Alternative spellings

σοφίη (Ionic)

Pronunciation

(Classical): IPA: [sopʰíaː]

(Koine): IPA: [so̞pʰˈiaː]

(Byzantine): IPA: [soɸˈia]

Noun

σοφία (genitive σοφίας) f, first declension; (sophiā)

skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other crafts
skill related to everyday life: sound judgment, prudence
knowledge of a higher kind: learning, wisdom

Inflection

First declension of σοφίᾱ, σοφίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σοφίᾱ	τώ σοφίᾱ	αἱ σοφίαι
Genitive	τῆς σοφίᾱς	τοῖν σοφίαιν	τῶν σοφιῶν
Dative	τῇ σοφίᾳ	τοῖν σοφίαιν	ταῖς σοφίαις
Accusative	τήν σοφίᾱν	τώ σοφίᾱ	τάς σοφίᾱς
Vocative	σοφίᾱ	σοφίᾱ	σοφίαι

Related terms

σοφός

Descendants

References

LSJ
BDAG

Strong’s concordance number: G4678

Greek

Noun

σοφία f. (sofía) (plural σοφίες (sofíes))

wisdom
(ironic use) (in plural form) denoting a speaker's statements as anything but smart, important, etc.

Categories: Ancient Greek first declension nouns | Ancient Greek nouns | Greek nouns | Greek nouns lacking inflection

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