sophia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŏphĭa (i long, Prud. Sym. 122; id. Cath. 1613; Fortun. Suppl. 2, 62), ae, f., = σοφία,

wisdom (pure Lat. sapientia): sophiam, sapientia quae perhibetur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 227 Vahl.); Afran. ap. Gell. 13, 8, 3; Mart. 1, 112, 1; cf. Sen. Ep. 89, 6; Lact. 3, 16, 10 (in Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153, written as Greek).

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