πάνσοφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πᾰ́σσοφος (pássophos)

Etymology

From παν- (pan-, “very, all”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pán.so.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.so.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.so.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.so.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.so.fos/

Adjective

πᾰ́νσοφος • (pánsophos) m or f (neuter πᾰ́νσοφον); second declension

very wise, very learned

Inflection

Second declension of πᾰ́νσοφος; πᾰ́νσοφον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πᾰ́νσοφος pánsophos	πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰ́νσοφοι pánsophoi	πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha
Genitive	πᾰνσόφου pansóphou	πᾰνσόφου pansóphou	πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin	πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin	πᾰνσόφων pansóphōn	πᾰνσόφων pansóphōn
Dative	πᾰνσόφῳ pansóphōi	πᾰνσόφῳ pansóphōi	πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin	πᾰνσόφοιν pansóphoin	πᾰνσόφοις pansóphois	πᾰνσόφοις pansóphois
Accusative	πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon	πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰνσόφους pansóphous	πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha
Vocative	πᾰ́νσοφε pánsophe	πᾰ́νσοφον pánsophon	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰνσόφω pansóphō	πᾰ́νσοφοι pánsophoi	πᾰ́νσοφᾰ pánsopha
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πᾰνσόφως pansóphōs		πᾰνσοφώτερος pansophṓteros		πᾰνσοφώτᾰτος pansophṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

πᾰντόσοφος (pantósophos, “most clever”)

Related terms

ἀσόφῐστος (asóphistos, “not deluded by fallacies”)
ἄσοφος (ásophos, “foolish”)
αὐτόσοφος (autósophos, “with mother-wit”)
ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphilosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
δῐᾰ́σοφος (diásophos, “very wise”)
ἔνσοφος (énsophos, “wise in”)
ἡμῐ́σοφος (hēmísophos, “half-wise”)
μωρόσοφος (mōrósophos, “foolishly wise, sapient fool”)
πολῠ́σοφος (polúsophos, “very wise”)
σοφῐβόλος (sophibólos, “stupid”)
σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
τρῐ́σοφος (trísophos, “thrice wise: very wise”)
ῠ̔πέρσοφος (hupérsophos, “exceedingly wise”)
ῠ̔πόσοφος (hupósophos, “sub-scientific”)

References

“πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πάνσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πάνσοφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- all-wise idem, page 22.
- clever idem, page 137.
- omniscient idem, page 573.
- wise idem, page 982.

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpansofos/
Hyphenation: πάν‧σο‧φος

Adjective

πάνσοφος • (pánsofos) m (feminine πάνσοφη, neuter πάνσοφο)

omniscient, all-knowing, pansophic
very learned or wise

Declension

Declension of πάνσοφος

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πάνσοφος •	πάνσοφη •	πάνσοφο •	πάνσοφοι •	πάνσοφες •	πάνσοφα •
genitive	πάνσοφου •	πάνσοφης •	πάνσοφου •	πάνσοφων •	πάνσοφων •	πάνσοφων •
accusative	πάνσοφο •	πάνσοφη •	πάνσοφο •	πάνσοφους •	πάνσοφες •	πάνσοφα •
vocative	πάνσοφε •	πάνσοφη •	πάνσοφο •	πάνσοφοι •	πάνσοφες •	πάνσοφα •

Synonyms

παντογνώστης (pantognóstis)

Related terms

πάνσοφα (pánsofa, “most wisely, omnisciently”, adverb)
πανσοφία f (pansofía, “omniscience”)
πανσόφως (pansófos, “most wisely, omnisciently”, adverb) (formal)
σοφός (sofós)

πάνσοφος

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Synonyms

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