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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος ( phílos , “ loving ” ) + σοφός ( sophós , “ wise ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pʰi.ló.so.pʰos/ → /ɸiˈlo.so.ɸos/ → /fiˈlo.so.fos/
Adjective
φῐλόσοφος • (philósophos ) m or f (neuter φῐλόσοφον ) ; second declension
( substantive ) lover of knowledge or wisdom
( substantive ) educated , learned person
( substantive ) professor
( substantive ) philosopher
scientific , philosophic
Inflection
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 ” )
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: ( 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 , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited .
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 )
philosopher (person devoted to studying philosophy)
Declension
φιλόσοφου , φιλόσοφους φιλόσοφων are found.
Further reading