Latin

Alternative forms

• sophus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰos/, [ˈsɔ.pʰɔs]

Adjective

sophos m ‎(feminine sopha, neuter sophon); first/second declension

1. Wise, sage, shrewd.
2. (substantive) A wise man, a sage.

Declension

First/second declension, Greek type.

References

• "sophos", in James Bailey, ed., The universal Latin lexicon of Facciolauts and Forcellinus, new ed., London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1828, v. 2, p. 585. OCLC 755192329.
• "sŏphŏs or sŏphŭs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. OCLC 870807716.
• "Sophus", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. OCLC 463933035.
• "Sŏphus (-ŏs)" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. OCLC 569568855.
• sŏphos or sŏphus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "sŏphos or sŏphus", in George R. Crooks, Alexander J. Schem, eds., A new Latin-English school lexicon : on the basis of the Latin-German lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1867, p. 850. OCLC 680803499.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σοφῶς ‎(sophôs, “an exclamation of applause”, adverb, literally “cleverly, wisely”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰoːs/, [ˈsɔ.pʰoːs]

Adverb

sophōs ‎(not comparable)

1. An exclamation of approbation or praise; compare to bravo, to excellently, to well done, to well said, to wisely, and similar interjections.
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 40.1–2

     "Sophos!" universi clamamus, et sublatis manibus ad camaram

   • c. 40 CE – c. 102 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 3.46.8

     at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos.

   • c. 430 CE – 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae 9.13.108–109

     et adhuc sophos volutant fora, templa, rura, castra.

Usage notes

Not before Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE); Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE) used bene instead of it.

References

• sŏphōs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SOPHOS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sophos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• "sŏphōs", in Frederick Percival Leverett, ed., A new and copious lexicon of the Latin language, new ed., Boston: Bazin & Ellsworth, 1850, v. 1, p. 836. OCLC 870807716.
• "Sŏphōs", in Charles Anthon, A Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary, for the use of schools, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852 (1853 printing), p. 830. OCLC 463933035.
• "Sŏphōs" in James R. V. Marchant, Joseph F. Charles, eds., Cassell's Latin dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953 printing, p. 532. OCLC 569568855.