sophi

See also: Sophi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the Latin sophī, the nominative plural form of sophus, from the Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós).

Pronunciation

Noun

sophi

  1. (obsolete, plural only) Wise men; sages.[1]
    • 1598: John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie, Three Books of Satyres, volume 1, chapter 3, page 181 (1966 republication)
      Valladolid, our Athens gins to tast
      Of thy ranck filth, Camphire and Lettuce chast,
      Are cleane casheird, now Sophi Ringoes eate,
      Candid Potatoes, are Athenians meate.

Etymology 2

Noun

sophi (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of Sufi.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ “† ˈsophi, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sufi, sofi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  3. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sophi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Cf. the Ancient Greek σοφοί (sophoí).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔ.pʰiː]

Adjective

sophī

  1. nominative/vocative masculine plural of sophos
  2. nominative/vocative masculine plural of sophus
  3. genitive masculine singular of sophos
  4. genitive masculine singular of sophus
  5. genitive neuter singular of sophos
  6. genitive neuter singular of sophus
  7. vocative masculine plural of sophos
  8. vocative masculine plural of sophus

Noun

sophī

  1. inflection of sophus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular
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