φιλοσόφημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “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 • (phĭlosóphēmă) n (genitive φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος); third declension

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

   Antonym: ἐπῐχείρημᾰ (epĭkheírēmă)

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 phĭlosóphēmă	τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε tṑ phĭlosophḗmăte	τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ tằ phĭlosophḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτος toû phĭlosophḗmătos	τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn phĭlosophēmắtoin	τῶν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́των tôn phĭlosophēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτῐ tôi phĭlosophḗmătĭ	τοῖν φῐλοσοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn phĭlosophēmắtoin	τοῖς φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐ / φῐλοσοφήμᾰσῐν toîs phĭlosophḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ φῐλοσόφημᾰ tò phĭlosóphēmă	τὼ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε tṑ phĭlosophḗmăte	τᾰ̀ φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ tằ phĭlosophḗmătă
Vocative	φῐλοσόφημᾰ phĭlosóphēmă	φῐλοσοφήμᾰτε phĭlosophḗmăte	φῐλοσοφήμᾰτᾰ phĭlosophḗmătă
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