† 1. sŏphos or sŏphus, i, m., = σοφός, a wise man, sage: te sophos omnis amat, Mart. 7, 32, 4. Adjectively, wise, shrewd: victor sophus, Phaedr. 3, 14, 9: factus periclo tum gubernator sophus, id. 4, 15, 8.