Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόμουσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόμουσος φιλόμουσον

Structure: φιλομους (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mou=sa

Sense

  1. loving the Muses, loving music and the arts

Examples

  • μᾶλλον γὰρ ἕκαστα κρίνουσι καὶ ἐξακριβοῦσιν οἱ μεθ’ ἡδονῆσ ἐνεργοῦντεσ, οἱο͂ν γεωμετρικοὶ γίνονται οἱ χαίροντεσ τῷ γεωμετρεῖν, καὶ κατανοοῦσιν ἕκαστα μᾶλλον, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ οἱ φιλόμουσοι καὶ φιλοικοδόμοι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστοι ἐπιδιδόασιν εἰσ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἔργον χαίροντεσ αὐτῷ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 55:3)

Synonyms

  1. loving the Muses

Related

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

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