# theosophus
## Latin
### Etymology

From Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective), from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /tʰeˈo.so.pʰus/, [t̪ʰeˈɔs̠ɔpʰʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /teˈo.so.fus/, [t̪eˈɔːs̬ofus]

### Adjective

theosophus (feminine theosopha, neuter theosophum); first/second-declension adjective
* theosophical
** 999, Jean Besly, quoting [s.n.], [manuscript with incipit:] Dum unusquisque mortali carne Circumdatus, quoted in "Ex tabulario burguliensi" in Histoire de comtes de Poictu et ducs de Guyenne, Paris: R. Bertault, published 1647, →OCLC, page 268:Data mense Septembri […] anno […] 999. […] regnante Rotberto Rege Theosopho, anno 5. […](please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

### Noun

theosophus m (genitive theosophī); second declension
* A theologian.
* A theosophist, theosopher.
** a. 880, Johannes Scotus Eriugena, “Expositions super ierarchiam caelestem S. Dionysii”, in Heinrich Joseph Floss, editor, Joannis Scoti opera quae supersunt omnia, tome 1, Patrologiae cursus completus. series Latina, v. 122, Paris: J. P. Migne, published 1865, →OCLC, page col. 159:Est, inquit, Theosophorum, caelestes virtutes, hoc est caeleslium virtulum imagines invenire per singula membra, ut judico, quibus multiplex partibilis nostri corporis harmonia constituia est. Dicentes, conspectivas quidem significare virtutes ipsum ad divina luminaria clarissimum respectum, hoc est, dum dicunt Theosophi, clarissimum oculorum nostrorum contuitum in divina luminaria, a Deo videlicet in caelo condita, significare contemplativas caelestium essentiarum virtutes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | theosophus | theosophī |
| Genitive | theosophī | theosophōrum |
| Dative | theosophō | theosophīs |
| Accusative | theosophum | theosophōs |
| Ablative | theosophō | theosophīs |
| Vocative | theosophe | theosophī |

#### Related terms

* theosophicus

#### Descendants

* → English: theosoph

#### References

* theosophus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* 1 2 3 4 “theosoph”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* 1 2 "Theosophus", in Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Léopold Favre, et al. editors, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (in Latin), volume 8, ed. nova, aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre, 1887 [1st ed. 1678]. col. 097b. →OCLC
* ↑ “theosoph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2015.
* ↑ “théosophe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “theosophy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ theosophist in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
* Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “theosophus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,020/2