σοφισ-τής,οῦ,ὁ,
A. master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt. 2.49 ; of poets, μελέταν σοφισταῖς πρόσβαλον
Pi. I. 5(4).28
, cf. Cratin. 2 ; of musicians, σοφιστὴς . . παραπαίων χέλυν
A. Fr. 314
, cf. Eup. 447 , Pl.Com. 140 ;σοφιστῇ Θρῃκί(sc. Thamyris) E. Rh. 924 , cf. Ath. 14.632c : with modal words added, οἱ ς. τῶν ἱερῶν μελῶν
Ael. NA 11.1
; of the Creator of the universe (ὁ δημιουργός), πάνυ θαυμαστὸν λέγεις ς. Pl. R. 596d ; of cooks, εἰς τοὺς ς. τὸν μάγειρον ἐγγράφω
Alex. 149.14
, cf. Euphro 1.11 ;οἱ τὴν ἱππείαν ς.skilled in . ., Ael. NA 13.9 : metaph.,ς. πημάτων deviser, contriverof pains, E. Heracl. 993 :—then,
2. wise, prudentorstatesmanlike man, in which sense the seven Sages are calledσοφισταί, Hdt. 1.29 , cf. Isoc. 15.235 , Arist. Fr. 5 , D. 61.50 ; of Pythagoras, Hdt. 4.95 ; of natural philosophers, Hp. VM 20 ; of Isocrates and Plato, D.H. Comp. 25 ; of theΒραχμᾶνες, Arr. An. 6.16.5 , cf.γυμνοσοφισταί; freq. with a slightly iron. sense, ἵνα μάθῃ ς. ὢν Διὸς νωθέστερος