different between sophoi vs sophi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (sophoí, “wise”, adj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so.f??/
• Hyphenation: so?phoi

Noun

sophoi

1. (substantive) plural of sophos (“sage, wise man”)
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sophoi.

Synonyms

• sages, wise men

References

• "sophos, sophoi, sophia" in Anthony Preus, Historical dictionary of ancient Greek philosophy, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, 2nd edition, p. 435. ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• sophy (obsolete)
• sophoi

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s??f?, s??f?, IPA^(key): /?s?fa?/, /?s?fi?/

Noun

sophi

1. (obsolete, plural only) Wise men; sages.
   • 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.

References

Anagrams

• Hopis

Latin

Etymology

Cf. the Ancient Greek ????? (sophoí).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /?so.p?i?/, [?s??p?i?]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?so.fi/, [?s??fi]

Adjective

soph?

1. nominative masculine plural of sophos
2. nominative 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

soph?

1. nominative plural of sophus
2. genitive singular of sophus
3. vocative plural of sophus