φιλόσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φίλος (phílos, “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 • (philósophos) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον); second declension

1. (substantive) lover of knowledge/wisdom
2. (substantive) educated, learned person
3. (substantive) professor
4. (substantive) philosopher
5. scientific, philosophic

Inflection

Second declension of φῐλόσοφος; φῐλόσοφον (Attic)

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

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

• σοφῐστής m (sophistḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
• and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”), φῐ́λος (phílos, “beloved, loving”)

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^[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.

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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 •	φιλόσοφοι •
genitive	φιλοσόφου •	φιλοσόφων •
accusative	φιλόσοφο •	φιλοσόφους •
vocative	φιλόσοφε •	φιλόσοφοι •
φιλόσοφου, φιλόσοφους φιλόσοφων are found.

Related terms

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