φιλόσοφος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.ló.so.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈlo.so.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈlo.so.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈlo.so.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈlo.so.fos/
Adjective
φῐλόσοφος • (philósophos) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον); second declension
- (substantive) lover of knowledge or wisdom
- (substantive) educated, learned person
- (substantive) professor
- (substantive) philosopher
- scientific, philosophic
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | φῐλόσοφος philósophos |
φῐλόσοφον philósophon |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλόσοφοι philósophoi |
φῐλόσοφᾰ philósopha | ||||||||
| Genitive | φῐλοσόφου philosóphou |
φῐλοσόφου philosóphou |
φῐλοσόφοιν philosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοιν philosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφων philosóphōn |
φῐλοσόφων philosóphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | φῐλοσόφῳ philosóphōi |
φῐλοσόφῳ philosóphōi |
φῐλοσόφοιν philosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοιν philosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοις philosóphois |
φῐλοσόφοις philosóphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | φῐλόσοφον philósophon |
φῐλόσοφον philósophon |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλοσόφους philosóphous |
φῐλόσοφᾰ philósopha | ||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλόσοφε philósophe |
φῐλόσοφον philósophon |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω philosóphō |
φῐλόσοφοι philósophoi |
φῐλόσοφᾰ philósopha | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φῐλοσόφως philosóphōs |
φῐλοσοφώτερος philosophṓteros |
φῐλοσοφώτᾰτος philosophṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphilosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
- ἀφῐλόσοφος (aphilósophos, “without taste for philosophy, unphilosophical”)
- ἐθελοφῐλόσοφος m (ethelophilósophos, “would-be philosopher”)
- ἐμφῐλόσοφος (emphilósophos, “philosophical”)
- ἰᾱτροσοφιστής m (iātrosophistḗs, “professor of medicine”)
- ἰᾱτροφῐλόσοφος m (iātrophilósophos, “scientific doctor”)
- φῐλοσοφέω (philosophéō, “philosophize, love knowledge”) and derivatives
- φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (philosóphēma, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal”)
- φῐλοσοφητέον n (philosophētéon, “must pursue wisdom”)
- φῐλοσοφητέος (philosophētéos, “must pursue wisdom”)
- φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (philosophíā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφῐκός m (philosophikós, “concerned with philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφομειρᾰκίσκος m (philosophomeirakískos, “young man of science”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: φιλόσοφος (filósofos)
- → Arabic: فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf) (see there for further descendants)
- → Aramaic: פילוסופא (pīlōsōp̄ā) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: փիլիսոփոս (pʻilisopʻos)
- → Old Church Slavonic: философъ (filosofŭ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ (philosophos)
- → Georgian: ფილოსოფოსი (pilosoposi)
- → Hebrew: פילוסוף (filosof)
- → Latin: philosophus (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (pylʾswkpʾy /fīlāsōfā/)
- → Persian: فیلسوف (filosuf)
Further reading
- “φιλόσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλόσοφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φιλόσοφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5386 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- learned idem, page 483.
- philosopher idem, page 610.
- philosophic idem, page 610.
- scholarly idem, page 739.
- scientific idem, page 739.
- speculative idem, page 800.
- speculator idem, page 800.
- thinker idem, page 867.
- wisdom idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈlosofos/
- Hyphenation: φι‧λό‧σο‧φος
Noun
φιλόσοφος • (filósofos) m or f (plural φιλόσοφοι)
- philosopher (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Declension
Further reading
φιλόσοφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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