Sophi vs Tophi - What's the difference?
sophi | tophi |
(obsolete, plurale tantum) Wise]] men; sages or [[wite, witan.
* 1598 : John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie, Three Books of Satyres ,
As nouns the difference between sophi and tophi
is that sophi is wise men; sages or witan while tophi is plural of tophus.sophi
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * sophoi *: : "For example, a charioteer, a sculptor or a warrior could be described as sophoi in their occupations."Noun
volume 1, chapter 3, page 181(1966 republication)
- ?Valladolid'', our Athens gins to tast
Of thy ranck filth, Camphire and Lettuce chast,
Are cleane casheird, now ''Sophi Ringoes eate,
Candid Potatoes, are Athenians meate.
References
* “†?sophi]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----