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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

  • φῦναι δὲ ὁ Κῦροσ λέγεται καὶ ᾄδεται ἔτι καὶ νῦν ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων εἶδοσ μὲν κάλλιστοσ, ψυχὴν δὲ φιλανθρωπότατοσ καὶ φιλομαθέστατοσ καὶ φιλοτιμότατοσ, ὥστε πάντα μὲν πόνον ἀνατλῆναι, πάντα δὲ κίνδυνον ὑπομεῖναι τοῦ ἐπαινεῖσθαι ἕνεκα. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 2:6)

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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