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φιλόσοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόσοφος φιλόσοφος φιλόσοφον

Structure: φιλοσοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (substantive) lover of knowledge/wisdom
  2. (substantive) educated, learned person
  3. (substantive) professor
  4. (substantive) philosopher
  5. scientific, philosophic

Examples

  • καὶ ἄλλα φιλόσοφα. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section7)
  • συνέγραψε πλεῖστα καὶ μάλιστα φιλόσοφα. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section5)

Synonyms

  1. lover of knowledge

  2. philosopher

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