Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλομαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλομαθής φιλομαθές

Structure: φιλομαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: maqei=n

Sense

  1. fond of learning, eager after knowledge
  2. eager after

Examples

  • εἰσ δέ γε θεῶν γένοσ μὴ φιλοσοφήσαντι καὶ παντελῶσ καθαρῷ ἀπιόντι οὐ θέμισ ἀφικνεῖσθαι ἀλλ’ ἢ τῷ φιλομαθεῖ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 474:1)

Synonyms

  1. fond of learning

  2. eager after

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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