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See also: Philosophaster
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
philosophaster (plural philosophasters)
- A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
- Synonym: philosophe
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher
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See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) + -aster.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰas.ter/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔs̠ɔˈpʰäs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.lo.soˈfas.ter/, [filos̬oˈfäst̪er]
Noun[edit]
philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension
- a bad philosopher, philosophaster
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | philosophaster | philosophastrī |
Genitive | philosophastrī | philosophastrōrum |
Dative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
Accusative | philosophastrum | philosophastrōs |
Ablative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
Vocative | philosophaster | philosophastrī |
References[edit]
- “philosophaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- philosophaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- philosophaster in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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