sophistes

Latin

Alternative forms

• sophista (all periods)
• sofista (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφῐστής (sophistḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈpʰis.teːs/, [s̠ɔˈpʰɪs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈfis.tes/, [soˈfist̪es]

Noun

sophistēs m (genitive sophistae); first declension

1. a sophist

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs)

	singular	plural
nominative	sophistēs	sophistae
genitive	sophistae	sophistārum
dative	sophistae	sophistīs
accusative	sophistēn	sophistās
ablative	sophistē	sophistīs
vocative	sophistē	sophistae

Related terms

• sophisticus

Descendants

• → English: sophist
• → French: sophiste

References

• “sŏphistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SOPHISTÆ in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sophistēs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sŏphistēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,458/2.
• “sophistēs” on page 1,792 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sophista”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 975/2
• sophista in Ramminger, Johann (2024 November 12 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016