φιλοσόφημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῐλοσοφέω (philosophéō, “to love knowledge; teach philosophy”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.lo.só.pʰɛː.ma/ → /ɸi.loˈso.ɸi.ma/ → /fi.loˈso.fi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lo.só.pʰɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.loˈso.pʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.loˈso.ɸi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈso.fi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈso.fi.ma/

Noun

φῐλοσόφημᾰ • (philosóphēma) n (genitive φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος); third declension

1. subject or scientific inquiry or philosophic treatise
2. (in Aristotle) demonstrative syllogism, demonstration

   Antonym: ἐπῐχείρημᾰ (epikheírēma)

3. philosophic principle, rule of conduct
4. shrewd device or invention

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ; τοῦ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ tò philosóphēma	τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε tṑ philosophḗmate	τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ tà philosophḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος toû philosophḗmatos	τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn philosophēmátoin	τῶν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́των tôn philosophēmátōn
Dative	τῷ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτῐ tôi philosophḗmati	τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn philosophēmátoin	τοῖς φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐ / φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐν toîs philosophḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ tò philosóphēma	τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε tṑ philosophḗmate	τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ tà philosophḗmata
Vocative	φῐλοσόφημᾰ philosóphēma	φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε philosophḗmate	φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ philosophḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φιλοσόφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φιλοσόφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette