φιλόσοφος
First/Second declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φιλόσοφος
φιλόσοφος
φιλόσοφον
Structure:
φιλοσοφ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- (substantive) lover of knowledge/wisdom
- (substantive) educated, learned person
- (substantive) professor
- (substantive) philosopher
- scientific, philosophic
Declension
First/Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἑτέρα δέ τισ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκείνησ παρελθοῦσα τάξιν, ἀφόρητοσ ἀναιδείᾳ θεατρικῇ καὶ ἀνάγωγοσ καὶ οὔτε φιλοσοφίασ οὔτε ἄλλου παιδεύματοσ οὐδενὸσ μετειληφυῖα ἐλευθερίου, λαθοῦσα καὶ παρακρουσαμένη τὴν τῶν ὄχλων ἄγνοιαν, οὐ μόνον ἐν εὐπορίᾳ καὶ τρυφῇ καὶ μορφῇ πλείονι τῆσ ἑτέρασ διῆγεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ τιμὰσ καὶ τὰσ προστασίασ τῶν πόλεων, ἃσ ἔδει τὴν φιλόσοφον ἔχειν, εἰσ ἑαυτὴν ἀνηρτήσατο καὶ ἦν φορτική τισ πάνυ καὶ ὀχληρὰ καὶ τελευτῶσα παραπλησίαν ἐποίησε γενέσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα ταῖσ τῶν ἀσώτων καὶ κακοδαιμόνων οἰκίαισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 1 1:1)
- ἄτιμον εἰλήφει σχῆμα, τῶν ἑαυτῆσ ἐκπεσοῦσα ἀγαθῶν, ἡ δὲ ἔκ τινων βαράθρων τῆσ Ἀσίασ ἐχθὲσ καὶ πρῴην ἀφικομένη, Μυσὴ ἢ Φρυγία τισ ἢ Καρικόν τι κακόν, Ἑλληνίδασ ἠξίου διοικεῖν πόλεισ ἀπελάσασα τῶν κοινῶν τὴν ἑτέραν, ἡ ἀμαθὴσ τὴν φιλόσοφον καὶ ἡ μαινομένη τὴν σώφρονα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 1 2:1)
- εἰ δέ τισ οὕτωσ ἔσται δύσερισ ὥστε καὶ πρὸσ ταῦτα ἀντιλέγειν, ὅτι μὲν ὕστερον ἐγράφησαν αἱ ῥητορικαὶ τέχναι τῶν ἀναλυτικῶν τε καὶ μεθοδικῶν καὶ τοπικῶν, ὁμολογῶν ἀληθὲσ εἶναι, οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύειν λέγων ἁπάσασ ταύτασ κατεσκευακέναι τὸν φιλόσοφον τὰσ πραγματείασ ἔτι παιδευόμενον παρὰ Πλάτωνι, ψυχρὰν μὲν καὶ ἀπίθανον ἐπιχείρησιν εἰσάγων, βιαζόμενοσ δὲ τὸ κακουργότατον τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων ποιεῖν πιθανώτερον, ὅτι καὶ τὸ μὴ εἰκὸσ γίνεταί ποτε εἰκόσ, ἀφεὶσ ἃ πρὸσ ταῦτα λέγειν εἶχον ἐπὶ τὰσ αὐτοῦ τρέψομαι τοῦ φιλοσόφου μαρτυρίασ, ἃσ ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ βύβλῳ τῶν τεχνῶν τέθηκε περὶ τῆσ μεταφορᾶσ κατὰ λέξιν οὕτω γράφων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 81)
- Ἐμελλεν ἄρα μηδὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίοσ τὸ παντάπασιν ἄμοιροσ ἔσεσθαι ἀνδρῶν λόγου καὶ μνήμησ ἀξίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ σώματοσ ἀρετὴν ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ γνώμην ἄκρωσ φιλόσοφον ἐκφαίνειν λέγω δὲ εἴσ τε τὸν Βοιώτιον Σώστρατον ἀναφέρων, ὃν Ἡρακλέα οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐκάλουν καὶ ᾤοντο εἶναι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰσ Δημώνακτα τὸν φιλόσοφον, οὓσ καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸσ καὶ ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασα, θατέρῳ δὲ τῷ Δημώνακτι καὶ ἐπὶ μήκιστον συνεγενόμην. (Lucian, (no name) 1:1)
Synonyms
-
lover of knowledge
- πολύιδρις (of much knowledge, wisdom, shrewdness)
-
philosopher