ἐπίσσοφος
πᾶσά τε ἐπιστήμη χωριζομένη δικαιοσύνης καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς πανουργία, οὐ σοφία φαίνεται → every knowledge, when separated from justice and the other virtues, ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom | every form of knowledge when sundered from justice and the rest of virtue is seen to be plain roguery rather than wisdom
English (LSJ)
ὁ, an official at Thera, Test.Epict.8.15. (Perh. fr. ψέφω, lit.
A supervisor):—the Verb [ἐπις] οφεύω is prob. in IG9(1).691.15 (Corc., iii B.C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίσσοφος: ὁ, ἄρχων ἔν τισι Δωρ. πόλεσιν ἐκλεγόμενος ὡς πρόεδρος τῆς ἐκκλησίας, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2448 VIII. 16 κἑξ. ― Ἴδε Lexicographical Study of Greek. Inscr. by H. M. Searles. ἐν λέξει.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of an official (Thera, Schwyzer 227, 199)
Derivatives: Perh. [ἐπι]σοφεύω (IG IX 1, 691, Corcyra).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown.
