Ancient Greek

Noun

θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ • ‎(theosophíā) f ‎(genitive θεοσοφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Knowledge of divine things.
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 4.9
   • 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Platonic Theology 5.35
   • 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 350

Inflection

Related terms

• θεοσοφέω ‎(theosophéō)

References

• θεοσοφία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «θεοσοφία» 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 680794857, page 436:

  θεοσοφία, ή, knowledge of things divine.

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “θεοσοφία”, 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