φιλόσοφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Etymology tree
From φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).
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 • (phĭlósophos) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | φῐλόσοφος phĭlósophos |
φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλόσοφοι phĭlósophoi |
φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă | ||||||||
| Genitive | φῐλοσόφου phĭlosóphou |
φῐλοσόφου phĭlosóphou |
φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφων phĭlosóphōn |
φῐλοσόφων phĭlosóphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | φῐλοσόφῳ phĭlosóphōi |
φῐλοσόφῳ phĭlosóphōi |
φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοιν phĭlosóphoin |
φῐλοσόφοις phĭlosóphois |
φῐλοσόφοις phĭlosóphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon |
φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλοσόφους phĭlosóphous |
φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă | ||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλόσοφε phĭlósophe |
φῐλόσοφον phĭlósophon |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλόσοφοι phĭlósophoi |
φῐλόσοφᾰ phĭlósophă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φῐλοσόφως phĭlosóphōs |
φῐλοσοφώτερος phĭlosophṓteros |
φῐλοσοφώτᾰτος phĭlosophṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓φῐλοσόφητος (ăphĭlosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
- ᾰ̓φῐλόσοφος (ăphĭlósophos, “without taste for philosophy, unphilosophical”)
- ἐθελοφῐλόσοφος m (ethelophĭlósophos, “would-be philosopher”)
- ἐμφῐλόσοφος (emphĭlósophos, “philosophical”)
- ῑ̓ᾱτροσοφῐστής m (īātrosophĭstḗs, “professor of medicine”)
- ῑ̓ᾱτροφῐλόσοφος m (īātrophĭlósophos, “scientific doctor”)
- φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “to philosophize; to love knowledge”)
- φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (phĭlosóphēmă, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration; principle”)
- φῐλοσόφησῐς f (phĭlosóphēsĭs, “study of philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφητέον n (phĭlosophētéon, “must pursue wisdom”)
- φῐλοσοφητέος (phĭlosophētéos, “must pursue wisdom”)
- φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (phĭlosophĭ́ā, “love of knowledge; philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφῐ́η f (phĭlosophĭ́ē, “love of knowledge; philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφῐκός m (phĭlosophĭkós, “concerned with philosophy”)
- φῐλοσοφῐκῶς (phĭlosophĭkôs, “philosophically”)
- φῐλοσοφομειρᾰκῐ́σκος m (phĭlosophomeirăkĭ́skos, “young man of science”)
- φῐλόσοφον n (phĭlósophon, “philosophy; the part of the soul that loves wisdom”)
- φῐλοσοφῶ (phĭlosophô, “to philosophize; to love knowledge”)
- φῐλοσόφως (phĭlosóphōs, “as one who pursues knowledge”)
Related terms
Noun
φῐλόσοφος • (phĭlósophos) m or f (genitive φῐλοσόφου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φῐλόσοφος ho phĭlósophos |
τὼ φῐλοσόφω tṑ phĭlosóphō |
οἱ φῐλόσοφοι hoi phĭlósophoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φῐλοσόφου toû phĭlosóphou |
τοῖν φῐλοσόφοιν toîn phĭlosóphoin |
τῶν φῐλοσόφων tôn phĭlosóphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φῐλοσόφῳ tōî phĭlosóphōi |
τοῖν φῐλοσόφοιν toîn phĭlosóphoin |
τοῖς φῐλοσόφοις toîs phĭlosóphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φῐλόσοφον tòn phĭlósophon |
τὼ φῐλοσόφω tṑ phĭlosóphō |
τοὺς φῐλοσόφους toùs phĭlosóphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλόσοφε phĭlósophe |
φῐλοσόφω phĭlosóphō |
φῐλόσοφοι phĭlósophoi | ||||||||||
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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/)
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[1], 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φιλόσοφος (filósofos) | φιλόσοφοι (filósofoi) |
| genitive | φιλοσόφου (filosófou) | φιλοσόφων (filosófon) |
| accusative | φιλόσοφο (filósofo) | φιλοσόφους (filosófous) |
| vocative | φιλόσοφε (filósofe) | φιλόσοφοι (filósofoi) |
φιλόσοφου, φιλόσοφους φιλόσοφων are found.
Related terms
Further reading
- φιλόσοφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el