σοφός
σοφός,
ή,
όν,
A). skilled in any handicraft or
art, clever,
ἁρματηλάτας ς.
Pi. P. 5.115 , cf.
N. 7.17 ;
κυβερνήτης A. Supp. 770 ;
μάντις Id. Th. 382 ;
οἰωνοθέτας S. OT 484 (lyr.); of a sculptor,
E. Fr. 372 ; even of hedgers and ditchers,
Margites Fr. 2 ; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians,
Pi. O. 1.9 ,
P. 1.42 ,
3.113 ;
ἐν κιθάρᾳ ς.
E. IT 1238 (lyr.), cf.
Ar. Ra. 896 (lyr.), etc.;
τὴν τέχνην -ώτερος ib.
766 ;
περί τι Pl. Lg. 696c ;
γλώσσῃ ς.
S. Fr. 88.10 ;
σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ, μαθόντες δὲ λάβροι Pi. O. 2.86 .
2). clever in practical matters, wise, prudent,
ὁ χρήσιμ’ εἰδώς, οὐχ ὁ πόλλ’ εἰδώς, ς.
A. Fr. 390 ; esp.
statesmanlike, in which sense the seven Sages were so called,
Dicaearch. ap.
D.L. 1.40 : hence,
shrewd, worldly-wise,
Thgn. 120 ,
Pi. I. 2.12 ,
Hdt. 3.85 ;
ς. ἄνδρες εἰσὶ Θεσσαλοὶ Id. 7.130 ;
ς. παλαιστὴς .. , ἀλλὰ χαἱ χαἱ σοφαὶ γνῶμαι .. ἐμποδίζονται S. Ph. 431 , cf.
440 ,
Aj. 1374 ;
πολλὰ ς.
A. Ag. 1295 ;
ἃ δεῖ ς.
E. Ba. 655 sq.;
τῶν λεγομένων πονηρῶν μέν, σοφῶν δέ Pl. R. 519a : also
σοφαὶ πραπίδες Pi. O. 11(10).10 ;
φύσις Ar. V. 1282 : even of animals,
X. Cyn. 3.7 ( Comp.),
6.13 ( Sup.);
ς. πειθώ Pi. P. 9.39 codd.(
σοφοῖς Bgk.);
εὐβουλία A. Pr. 1038 :
τὸ ς. my little
trick,
Pl. R. 502d ; your
clever notion,
Id. Euthd. 293d ;
τἀπ’ ἐμοῦ σοφά, δάκρυα my tears,
all the resources that I have,
E. IA 1214 ;
εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε better
than all craft,
S. Ph. 1246 ;
σοφόν [ἐστι] c. inf.,
E. Hec. 228 .
b). more generally,
learned, wise,
τὸ μὲν ς. [αὐτὸν] καλεῖν ἔμοιγε μέγα εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ θεῷ μόνῳ πρέπειν Pl. Phdr. 278d , cf.
279c ,
Prt. 329e ,
Ap. 21a ( Comp.),
22c ( Sup.); opp.
ἀμαθής, ib.
25d ( Comp.); of sophists, ib.
20a ,
Prt. 309d ,
X. Mem. 2.1.21 , etc.;
universally and ideally wise,
ὁ ς., τουτέστιν ὁ τὴν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἐπιστήμην ἔχων Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.42 , cf.
3.167 , al.: later
σοφώτατος as a title, esp. of lawyers or professors,
PIand. 16.4 (v/vi A.D.),
POxy. 126.6 (vi A.D.).
3). subtle, ingenious, opp.
ἀμαθής (
1445 ) and
σαφής,
Ar. Ra. 1434 (Adv.);
σοφόν τοι τὸ σαφές, οὐ τὸ μὴ σαφές E. Or. 397 ;
τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία wisdom overmuch is no wisdom,
Id. Ba. 395 (lyr.);
τί οὖν ἦν τοῦτο; οὐδὲν ποικίλον οὐδὲ σοφόν nothing curious or
recondite,
D. 9.37 .—For the senses of
ς., v.
Arist. EN 1141a10 .—mostly abs., but c. acc. rei,
E. Ba. 655 ,
Pl. Phlb. 17c , etc.; also
ἐν οἰωνοῖς, κιθάρᾳ,
E. IT 662 ,
1238 (lyr.);
εἴς τι Id. Fr. 162 ( Sup.);
περί τι or
τινος,
Pl. Smp. 203a ,
Ap. 19c : rarely c. gen.,
σοφὸς κακῶν A. Supp. 453 : also c. inf.,
πῶς δῆτ’ ἔγωγ’ ἂν .. Διὸς γενοίμην εὖ φρονεῖν σοφώτερος;
S. Fr. 524.7 .
II). of things,
cleverly devised, wise,
νόμος Hdt. 1.196 ( Sup.);
νοήματα, ἔπεα,
Pi. O. 7.72 ( Sup.),
P. 4.138 , etc.;
γνῶμαι S. Aj. 1091 ;
νοῦς Id. El. 1016 ;
πάντα προσφέρων σοφά all
wise sayings,
Id. Fr. 763 , cf.
Ph. 1245 ;
χρόνου τε διατριβὰς σοφωτάτας ἐφηῦρε Id. Fr. 479 ;
σοφώτερ’ ἢ κατ’ ἄνδρα συμβαλεῖν ἔπη E. Med. 675 ;
ς. φυγή Id. Supp. 151 ;
οὐδὲν σοφὸν εἶναι shows no great wisdom,
Arist. EN 1137a10 .
III). Adv.
σοφῶς cleverly, wisely, etc., first (?) in
S.(?)
Fr. 1122 ; then in
E. Alc. 699 ,
Ba. 1271 codd.,
Heracl. 558 ,
Ar. Ra. 1434 , etc.: Comp.
-ώτερον E. Hec. 1007 : Sup.
-ώτατα Id. Hel. 1528 ,
Ar. Nu. 522 :—
σοφῶς, as an exclamation of applause,
Plu. 2.45f ,
Mart. 3.46.8 , etc. (Not in Ep., exc. in
Margites l.c. and as ancient v.l.(
Eust. 1023.14 ) in
Il. 23.712 ; but v.
σοφία, σοφίζομαι .)
ShortDef
wise, skilled, clever
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σοφός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σοφος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-95655
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σοφός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skilled in any handicraft</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">art, clever</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἁρματηλάτας ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5.115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 5.115 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κυβερνήτης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 770 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μάντις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:382/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 382 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἰωνοθέτας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:484" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:484/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 484 </a> (lyr.); of a sculptor, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 372 </span>; even of hedgers and ditchers, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Margites</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 2 </span>; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 1.42 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.113/canonical-url/"> 3.113 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν κιθάρᾳ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1238" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1238/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1238 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:896" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:896/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 896 </a> (lyr.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὴν τέχνην -ώτερος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:766" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:766/canonical-url/"> 766 </a>; <span class="quote greek">περί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:696c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:696c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 696c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γλώσσῃ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:88:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:88.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 88.10 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ, μαθόντες δὲ λάβροι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.86 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clever in practical matters, wise, prudent</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ χρήσιμ’ εἰδώς, οὐχ ὁ πόλλ’ εἰδώς, ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:390/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 390 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">statesmanlike</span>, in which sense the seven Sages were so called, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dicaearch.</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 1.40 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shrewd, worldly-wise</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 120 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 2.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.85 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἄνδρες εἰσὶ Θεσσαλοὶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.130 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. παλαιστὴς .. , ἀλλὰ χαἱ χαἱ σοφαὶ γνῶμαι .. ἐμποδίζονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:431" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:431/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 431 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:440" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:440/canonical-url/"> 440 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1374" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1374/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1374 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πολλὰ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1295 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἃ δεῖ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:655" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:655/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 655 </a> sq.; <span class="quote greek">τῶν λεγομένων πονηρῶν μέν, σοφῶν δέ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:519a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:519a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 519a </a> : also <span class="quote greek">σοφαὶ πραπίδες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11(10).10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11(10).10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 11(10).10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φύσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1282 </a> : even of animals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:3.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 3.7 </a> ( Comp.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:6:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:6.13/canonical-url/"> 6.13 </a> ( Sup.); <span class="quote greek">ς. πειθώ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.39 </a> codd.(<span class="foreign greek">σοφοῖς</span> Bgk.); <span class="quote greek">εὐβουλία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1038" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1038/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1038 </a> : <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ς</span>. my little <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trick</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:502d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:502d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 502d </a>; your <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clever notion</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:293d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:293d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 293d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τἀπ’ ἐμοῦ σοφά, δάκρυα</span> my tears, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all the resources that I have</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1214 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε</span> better <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">than all craft</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1246" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1246/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1246 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σοφόν [ἐστι</span>] c. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:228/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 228 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> more generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">learned, wise</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ μὲν ς. [αὐτὸν] καλεῖν ἔμοιγε μέγα εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ θεῷ μόνῳ πρέπειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:278d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:278d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 278d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:279c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:279c/canonical-url/"> 279c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:329e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:329e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 329e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 21a </a> ( Comp.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22c/canonical-url/"> 22c </a> ( Sup.); opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμαθής</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:25d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:25d/canonical-url/"> 25d </a> ( Comp.); of sophists, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20a/canonical-url/"> 20a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:309d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:309d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 309d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.1.21 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">universally and ideally wise</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁ ς., τουτέστιν ὁ τὴν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἐπιστήμην ἔχων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:2:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:2.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 2.42 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3.167/canonical-url/"> 3.167 </a>, al.: later <span class="foreign greek">σοφώτατος</span> as a title, esp. of lawyers or professors, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PIand.</span> 16.4 </span> (v/vi A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 126.6 </span> (vi A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">subtle, ingenious</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμαθής</span> (<span class="bibl"> 1445 </span>) and <span class="foreign greek">σαφής</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1434" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1434/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1434 </a> (Adv.); <span class="quote greek">σοφόν τοι τὸ σαφές, οὐ τὸ μὴ σαφές</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:397" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:397/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 397 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ σοφὸν οὐ σοφία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wisdom overmuch</span> is no wisdom, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 395 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">τί οὖν ἦν τοῦτο; οὐδὲν ποικίλον οὐδὲ σοφόν</span> nothing curious or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">recondite</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg009.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 9.37 </a>.—For the senses of <span class="itype greek">ς</span>., v. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1141a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1141a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1141a10 </a>.—mostly abs., but c. acc. rei, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:655" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:655/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 655 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:17c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:17c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 17c </a>, etc.; also <span class="foreign greek">ἐν οἰωνοῖς, κιθάρᾳ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:662" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:662/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 662 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1238" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1238/canonical-url/"> 1238 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">εἴς τι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 162 </span> ( Sup.); <span class="foreign greek">περί τι</span> or <span class="itype greek">τινος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:203a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:203a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 203a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 19c </a>: rarely c. gen., <span class="quote greek">σοφὸς κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:453/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 453 </a> : also c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">πῶς δῆτ’ ἔγωγ’ ἂν .. Διὸς γενοίμην εὖ φρονεῖν σοφώτερος</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:524:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:524.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 524.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cleverly devised, wise</span>, <span class="quote greek">νόμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.196 </a> ( Sup.); <span class="foreign greek">νοήματα, ἔπεα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.72 </a> ( Sup.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.138/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.138 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">γνῶμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1091" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1091/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1091 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1016" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1016/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1016 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πάντα προσφέρων σοφά</span> all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wise sayings</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:763" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:763/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 763 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1245/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1245 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χρόνου τε διατριβὰς σοφωτάτας ἐφηῦρε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:479" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:479/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 479 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοφώτερ’ ἢ κατ’ ἄνδρα συμβαλεῖν ἔπη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:675" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:675/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 675 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. φυγή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:151/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 151 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν σοφὸν εἶναι</span> shows no great wisdom, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1137a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1137a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1137a10 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">σοφῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cleverly, wisely</span>, etc., first (?) in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>(?)<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1122/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1122 </a>; then in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 699 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1271" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1271/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1271 </a> codd., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:558" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:558/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 558 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1434" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1434/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1434 </a>, etc.: Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ώτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1007" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1007/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1007 </a> : Sup. <span class="quote greek">-ώτατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1528" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1528/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1528 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:522" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:522/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 522 </a>:—<span class="foreign greek">σοφῶς</span>, as an exclamation of applause, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.45f </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mart.</span> 3.46.8 </span>, etc. (Not in Ep., exc. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Margites</span> </span> l.c. and as ancient v.l.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1023:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1023.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1023.14 </a>) in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:712" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.712/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.712 </a>; but v. <span class="ref greek">σοφία, σοφίζομαι</span> .)</div> </div><br><br>'}