sophista, sophistae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Science
sophist; rhetorician;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sophista | sophistae |
| Gen. | sophistae | sophistarum |
| Dat. | sophistae | sophistis |
| Acc. | sophistam | sophistas |
| Voc. | sophista | sophistae |
| Abl. | sophista | sophistis |
Examples
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...haec alii sex uel plures uno conclamant ore sophistae et ueras agitant lites raptore relicto; fusa uenena silent..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...tale fecit? eorum erat iste mos qui tum sophistae nominabantur, quorum e numero primus est ausus Leontinus Gorgias..."