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

1. (substantive) lover of knowledge or 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 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

• ἀφῐλοσόφητος (aphĭlosóphētos, “not versed in philosophy”)
• ἀφῐλόσοφος (aphĭlósophos, “without taste for philosophy, unphilosophical”)
• ἐθελοφῐλόσοφος m (ethelophĭlósophos, “would-be philosopher”)
• ἐμφῐλόσοφος (emphĭlósophos, “philosophical”)
• ἰᾱτροσοφιστής m (iātrosophistḗs, “professor of medicine”)
• ἰᾱτροφῐλόσοφος m (iātrophĭlósophos, “scientific doctor”)
• φῐλοσοφέω (phĭlosophéō, “philosophize, love knowledge”) (and derivatives)
• φῐλοσόφημᾰ n (phĭlosóphēmă, “a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal”)
• φῐλοσοφητέον n (phĭlosophētéon, “must pursue wisdom”)
• φῐλοσοφητέος (phĭlosophētéos, “must pursue wisdom”)
• φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f (phĭlosophĭ́ā, “love of knowledge, philosophy”)
• φῐλοσοφῐκός m (phĭlosophĭkós, “concerned with philosophy”)
• φῐλοσοφομειρᾰκίσκος m (phĭlosophomeirăkískos, “young man of science”)

Related terms

• σοφῐστής m (sophĭstḗs, “expert; philosopher, teacher; swindler”)
• and see at σοφός (sophós, “wise”), φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “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/)

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