θεόσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “a god, God”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skilled, wise”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

θεόσοφος • (theósophos) m or f (neuter θεόσοφον); second declension

  1. wise in divine things

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: teosofo
  • → Spanish: teósofo

Further reading

  • “θεόσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • θεόσοφος 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, page 436:
    θεόσοφ-ος, ον, wise in the things of God.
    theósoph-os, on, wise in the things of God.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • 1887, Evangelinus Apostolides Sophocles, edited by John Henry Thayer, Greek lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100), New York: C. Scribner's Sons, published 1900 (reissue of the 1887 memorial edition), →OCLC, page 578:
    θεόσοφ-ος, ον, (σοφός) wise in divine things.
    theósoph-os, on, (sophós) wise in divine things.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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