φιλόσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος

From φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.ló.so.pʰos/ → /ɸiˈlo.so.ɸos/ → /fiˈlo.so.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.ló.so.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈlo.so.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈlo.so.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈlo.so.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈlo.so.fos/

Adjective

φῐλόσοφος • (phĭlósophos) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον); second declension

1. scientific
2. philosophical

Declension

Second declension of φῐλόσοφος; φῐλόσοφον (Attic)

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:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

• σοφῐστής (sophĭstḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
• σοφός (sophós, “wise”)
• φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “beloved; loving”)

Noun

φῐλόσοφος • (phĭlósophos) m or f (genitive φῐλοσόφου); second declension

1. lover of knowledge or wisdom
2. educated or learned person
3. philosopher
4. professor

Declension

Second declension of ὁ φῐλόσοφος; τοῦ φῐλοσόφου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)

1. philosopher (person devoted to studying philosophy)

Declension

Declension of φιλόσοφος

	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

• φιλοσοφία (filosofía, “philosophy”)
• and see σοφός (sofós)

Further reading

• φιλόσοφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el