θεόσοφος

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

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

1. wise in divine things
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 2.35
   • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, On the Mysteries 7.1
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.17

• θεοσοφέω (theosophéō)
• θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā)

• → Italian: teosofo
• → Spanish: teósofo

• “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.

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• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “θεόσοφος”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 578