Σοφός

skilled, wise

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝18 Jun 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 49 words
[Referring to] a wild-beast-charmer. David [says]: "she is drugged, drugged by a skilled man."1 As the [phrase] "they are skilled in evildoing".2 Also, "Where [is] a wise man? Where [is] a scribe?"3 For he is not naming those who are truly wise, but those whom some think to be.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σοφός· ὁ θηρεπῳδός. Δαβίδ· φαρμακοῦται φαρμακευομένη παρὰ σοφοῦ. ὡς τό, σοφοί εἰσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι. καί, ποῦ σοφός; ποῦ γραμματεύς; οὐ γὰρ τοὺς ὡς ἀληθῶς σοφοὺς ὀνομάζει, ἀλλὰ τούς τισιν εἶναι δοκοῦντας.

Betacode
*sofo/s: o( qhrepw|do/s. *dabi/d: farmakou=tai farmakeuome/nh para\ sofou=. w(s to/, sofoi/ ei)si tou= kakopoih=sai. kai/, pou= sofo/s; pou= grammateu/s; ou) ga\r tou\s w(s a)lhqw=s sofou\s o)noma/zei, a)lla\ tou/s tisin ei)=nai dokou=ntas.

Notes (3)

  1. The entry follows -- with some freedom -- Theodoret (PG 80.1297ab) on Psalm 57:6 LXX. See further, next note.
  2. 1Thus the Suda's version of the verse, but it is garbled: farmakou=tai farmakeuome/nh should be the duller farma/kou te farmakeuome/nou. ↩
  3. 2Jeremiah 4:22 LXX. ↩
  4. 31 Corinthians 1:20. ↩

Neighbouring entries

σ817ΣοφοκλῆςSophocles, Sophoklesσ818ΣοφονίαςSophonias, Zephaniahσ819Σοφόςskilled, wiseσ820Σοφὸς ΣοφοκλῆςSophocles [is] wiseσ821Σόφων ΣόφωνοςSophon, [genitive] Sophonos
Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Mar 2022
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. codings — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  5. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. modified translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

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